 Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nyandoma serves as the administrative center of Nyandomsky District.As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Nyandomsky District as the town of district significance of Nyandoma.As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Nyandoma, together with the territories of Andreyevsky, Burachikhinsky, and Shozhemsky Selsoviets (which comprise, correspondingly, nine, five, and one rural localities, for the total of fifteen rural localities) in Nyandomsky District, are incorporated within Nyandomsky Municipal District as Nyandomskoye Urban Settlement.