Medvezhyegorsky District (russian: Медвежьего́рский райо́н; krl, Karhumäjen piiri) is an administrative district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), one of the
fifteen in the
Republic of Karelia,
Russia
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.
[Constitution of the Republic of Karelia] It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Medvezhyegorsk
Medvezhyegorsk (russian: Медвежьего́рск; krl, Karhumägi; fi, Karhumäki) is a town and the administrative center of Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Population: 15,800 (1959).
History
A village in ...
.
[Law #871-ZRK] As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,864, with the population of Medvezhyegorsk accounting for 48.7% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Medvezhyegorsky District is one of the
fifteen in the
Republic of Karelia and has administrative jurisdiction over 1 town (
Medvezhyegorsk
Medvezhyegorsk (russian: Медвежьего́рск; krl, Karhumägi; fi, Karhumäki) is a town and the administrative center of Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Population: 15,800 (1959).
History
A village in ...
), 2
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
s (
Pindushi and
Povenets
Povenets (russian: Повене́ц; krl, Poventsa; fi, Poventsa) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Onega, north of Petrozavodsk, the ...
), and 144
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Medvezhyegorsky Municipal District.
[Law #825-ZRK] The town, the 2 urban-type settlements, and 28 rural localities are incorporated into 3 urban settlements, while the remaining 116 rural localities are incorporated into 6 rural settlements within the municipal district.
[Law #813-ZRK] The town of Medvezhyegorsk serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
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Districts of the Republic of Karelia
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