Shumerlya

Shumerlya (Russian: Шу́мерля; Chuvash: Çĕмĕрле, Śĕmĕrle) is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Sura River on the Nizhny Novgorod–Ulyanovsk highway.

Founded in 1916, it was granted town status in 1937.

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlya serves as the administrative center of Shumerlinsky District, even though it is not a part of it.

[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Shumerlya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Shumerlya is incorporated as Shumerlya Urban Okrug.