Pryazha
Пряжа
Urban-type settlement[1]
Pryazhinsky District Administration building in Pryazha
Pryazhinsky District Administration building in Pryazha
Location of Pryazha
Map
Pryazha is located in Russia
Pryazha
Pryazha
Location of Pryazha
Pryazha is located in Karelia
Pryazha
Pryazha
Pryazha (Karelia)
Coordinates: 61°41′N 33°37′E / 61.683°N 33.617°E / 61.683; 33.617
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Karelia[1]
Administrative districtPryazhinsky District[1]
First mentioned17th century
Urban-type settlement status since1962
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total3,675
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
3,476 (−5.4%)
 • Capital ofPryazhinsky District[1]
 • Municipal districtPryazhinsky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementPryazhinskoye Urban Settlement[5]
 • Capital ofPryazhinsky Municipal District,[4] Pryazhinskoye Urban Settlement[5]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
186120
OKTMO ID86639151051
Websitepryazha.karelia.info/official/1266404376.html
Pryazha population
2010 Census3,675[2]
2002 Census4,269[8]
1989 Census4,421[9]
1979 Census4,809[10]

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.[2]

History

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

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[4] as Pryazhinskoye Urban Settlement.[5]

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.

Health care

There is a Pryazhinskaya central district polyclinic in the village. In 2005, a branch of the state healthcare institution «V. A. Baranov Republican Hospital» with a rehabilitation treatment center was opened in Pryazha.[11]

Inpatient departments of the hospital:

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #871-ZRK
  2. ^ a b c 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.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c 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. ).
  5. ^ a b c Law #813-ZRK
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ^ 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).
  9. ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  10. ^ 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] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.
  11. ^ "Пряжинский филиал Государственного учреждения здравоохранения "Республиканская больница им. В. А. Баранова"" (in Russian). Archived from the original on February 5, 2010.

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