Prionezhsky District

Prionezhsky District
Прионежский район (Russian)
Prionežjen rajon (Karelian)

Location of Prionezhsky District in the Republic of Karelia
Coordinates: 61°47′N 34°23′E / 61.783°N 34.383°E / 61.783; 34.383Coordinates: 61°47′N 34°23′E / 61.783°N 34.383°E / 61.783; 34.383

"Devil's Chair", a natural monument and a protected area of Russia in Prionezhsky District
Coat of arms
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Karelia[1]
Administrative structure (as of June 2015)
Administrative center city of Petrozavodsk[2]
Inhabited localities:[3]
Rural localities 51
Municipal structure (as of April 2013)
Municipally incorporated as Prionezhsky Municipal District[4]
Municipal divisions:[5]
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 13
Statistics
Area 3,665 km2 (1,415 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 21,502 inhabitants[6]
• Urban 0%
• Rural 100%
Density 5.87/km2 (15.2/sq mi)[7]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[8]
Official website
Prionezhsky District on WikiCommons
Population of Prionezhsky District
2010 Census 21,502[6]
2002 Census 18,597[9]
1989 Census 25,439[10]
1979 Census 23,562[11]

Prionezhsky District (Russian: Прионе́жский райо́н; Karelian: Prionežjen rajon) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.[1] It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 3,665 square kilometers (1,415 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Petrozavodsk[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 21,502.[6]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Prionezhsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its fifty-one rural localities.[3] The city of Petrozavodsk serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a city of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Prionezhsky Municipal District.[4] Its fifty-one rural localities are incorporated into thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The city of republic significance of Petrozavodsk is incorporated separately from the district as Petrozavodsky Urban Okrug,[12] but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.[4]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Constitution of the Republic of Karelia
  2. 1 2 3 Law #871-ZRK
  3. 1 2 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 86 236», в ред. изменения №259/2014 от 12 декабря 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 86 236, as amended by the Amendment #259/2014 of December 12, 2014. ).
  4. 1 2 3 Law #825-ZRK
  5. 1 2 Law #813-ZRK
  6. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  7. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  8. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  9. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  12. ↑ Law #824-ZRK

Sources

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