Kirzhach
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- Russian town.en_name
- Kirzhach
- Russian town.ru_name
- Киржач
- Russian town.image_skyline
- Kirzhach Panorama.jpg
- Russian town.image_caption
- Panoramic view of Kirzhach
- Russian town.map_label_position
- right
- Russian town.image_flag
- Flag of Kirzhach (Vladimirskaya oblast).gif
- Russian town.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Kirzhach (Vladimirskaya oblast).png
- Russian town.federal_subject
- Vladimir Oblast
- Russian town.adm_district_jur
- Kirzhachsky District
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of
- Kirzhachsky District
- Russian town.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian town.mun_district_jur
- Kirzhachsky Municipal District
- Russian town.urban_settlement_jur
- Kirzhach Urban Settlement
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of1
- Kirzhachsky Municipal District
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of2
- Kirzhach Urban Settlement
- Russian town.pop_2010census
- 29965
- Russian town.established_date
- 14th century
- Russian town.current_cat_date
- 1778
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Kirzhach () is a town and the administrative center of Kirzhachsky District in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Kirzhach River in the west of the oblast, west of Vladimir and south of Alexandrov. Population:
==Etymology== The town is named after the Kirzhach River, which flows through the town. The root of the name (kirzh) corresponds to a Moksha or Erzya word meaning "left".