Total area: 4.300 sq km
Total population: 16.337
Distance from Vologda: 226 km
Railway station: 43 km, Velsk (Arkhangelsk Oblast)
Transportation routes: Moscow-Arkhangelsk highway
Administrative division: 14 administrative areas
Attractions: Alekseevskaya fair
Places of interest: Assumption Cathedral (1798)
Main enterprises: a ceramic plant, sewing workshop, watch repair shop, brickworks, timber and agricultural businesses
Renowned residents: test-pilot Valentin Tsuvarev, writer Vladimir Tendryakov, sculptor Valentin Mikhalev
City code: 81759 - for trunk, international calls and calls within the oblast
Information service: 21025
Address of the district administration: ul. Oktyabrskaya 8, 162300 Verkhovazh'ye, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Head of the district administration: Yuri Ordin, Tel.: 21735, Fax: 21638
