Shakhunya (Russian: Шаху́нья) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Nizhny Novgorod–Kirov railway, 240 kilometers (150 mi) northeast of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: 20,921 (2010 census); 21,724 (2002 census); 22,337 (1989 Soviet census).

It was founded as a settlement around the Shakhunya railway station, which was opened in 1927.^{[citation needed]} It was granted work settlement status in 1938 and town status in 1943.^{[citation needed]}

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with 2 work settlements and 136 rural localities, incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Shakhunya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Shakhunya is incorporated as Shakhunya Urban Okrug.