Luza is a town and the administrative center of Luzsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Luza River, 301km northwest of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:HistoryIt was established as a settlement at the railway station in the end of the 19th century on location of an older settlement, which had been known since the 17th century. Town status was granted to it in 1944.Administrative and municipal statusWithin the framework of administrative divisions, Luza serves as the administrative center of Luzsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with thirty-six rural localities, incorporated within Luzsky District as the Town of Luza. As a municipal division, the Town of Luza is incorporated within Luzsky Municipal District as Luzskoye Urban Settlement.EconomyLuza is a large timber-works center. There is a sawmill and a railroad tie-manufacturing plant in the town.