Verkhnyaya Shardenga () is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Verkhneshardengskoye Rural Settlement, Velikoustyugsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 209 as of 2002.Данные переписи 2002 года: таблица 2С. М.: Федеральная служба государственной статистики, 2004.
Geography Verkhnyaya Shardenga is located 50 km south of Veliky Ustyug (the district's administrative centre) by road. Gorbachevo is the nearest rural locality.Расстояние от Верхней Шарденьги до Великого Устюга
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