Prionezhsky District

{{Infobox Russian district

|en_name=Prionezhsky District

|ru_name=Прионежский район

|other_name=Prionežjen piiri

|other_lang=Karelian

|other_name1=Änižröunan rajon

|other_lang1=Veps

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|map_caption=Location of Prionezhsky District in the Republic of Karelia

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|image_caption="Devil's Chair", a natural monument and a protected area of Russia in Prionezhsky District

|coordinates = {{coord|61|47|N|34|23|E|type:adm2nd_region:RU|display=inline,title}}

|image_flag=Flag of Prionezhsky District.svg

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|image_coa=Coat of Arms of Prionezhsky District.svg

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|federal_subject=Republic of Karelia

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|adm_data_as_of=June 2015

|adm_ctr_type=city

|adm_ctr_name=Petrozavodsk

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|no_of_rural_localities=51

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|mun_data_as_of=April 2013

|mun_formation1=Prionezhsky Municipal District

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|mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements=13

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|area_km2=3665

|area_km2_ref={{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://prionego.ru/o-rajone/obshchaya-informatsiya|publisher=Prionezhsky District|language=russian|access-date=August 31, 2016}}

|pop_2010census=21502

|urban_pop_2010census=0%

|rural_pop_2010census=100%

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|date=November 2009

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{{Infobox

| title = Population of Prionezhsky District

| label1 = 2010 Census

| data1 = 21,502

| label2 = 2002 Census

| data2 = 18,597{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}

| label3 = 1989 Census

| data3 = 25,439{{ru-pop-ref|1989Census}}

| label4 = 1979 Census

| data4 = 23,562{{ru-pop-ref|1979Census}}

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Prionezhsky District ({{langx|ru|Прионе́жский райо́н}}; {{langx|krl|Prionežjen piiri}}; {{langx|vep|Änižröunan rajon}}; {{langx|olo|Oniegan rannikon piiri}}) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.Constitution of the Republic of Karelia It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is {{convert|3665|km2|sp=us}}. Its administrative center is the city of PetrozavodskLaw #871-ZRK (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 21,502.{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Prionezhsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its fifty-one rural localities.{{OKATO reference|86 236}} The city of Petrozavodsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Prionezhsky Municipal District.Law #825-ZRK Its fifty-one rural localities are incorporated into thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district.Law #813-ZRK The city of republic significance of Petrozavodsk is incorporated separately from the district as Petrozavodsky Urban Okrug,Law #824-ZRK but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

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{{Republic of Karelia}}

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Category:Districts of the Republic of Karelia

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