Pryazha

Pryazha (English)
Пряжа (Russian)
Priäžä (Karelian)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -

Pryazhinsky District Administration building in Pryazha

Location of the Republic of Karelia in Russia
Pryazha
Location of Pryazha in the Republic of Karelia
Coordinates: 61°41′N 33°37′E / 61.683°N 33.617°E / 61.683; 33.617Coordinates: 61°41′N 33°37′E / 61.683°N 33.617°E / 61.683; 33.617
Administrative status (as of April 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Karelia[1]
Administrative district Pryazhinsky District[1]
Administrative center of Pryazhinsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2013)
Municipal district Pryazhinsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Pryazhinskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Pryazhinsky Municipal District,[2] Pryazhinskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 3,675 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
First mentioned 17th century
Urban-type settlement status since 1962
Postal code(s)[6] 186120
Official website
Pryazha on Wikimedia Commons
Pryazha population
2010 Census 3,675[4]
2002 Census 4,269[7]
1989 Census 4,421[8]
1979 Census 4,809[9]

Pryazha (Russian: Пря́жа; Karelian: Priäžä; Finnish: Prääsä) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pryazhinsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from the Shuya River and 49 kilometers (30 mi) west of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,675.[4]

History

It was first mentioned in the 17th century as the village of Pryazha or Padlovo (Падлово). It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1962.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pryazha serves as the administrative center of Pryazhinsky District, of which it is a part.[1] As a municipal division, Pryazha, together with three rural localities, is incorporated within Pryazhinsky Municipal District[2] as Pryazhinskoye Urban Settlement.[3]

Tourism

The Blue Highway, an international tourist route, starts in Mo i Rana, Norway, goes through Sweden and Finland, and then through Pryazha, before ending in Pudozh.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #871-ZRK
  2. 1 2 3 Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 86 639». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 86 639. ).
  3. 1 2 3 Law #813-ZRK
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ 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.).
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "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.

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