География
Pryazhinsky National municipal district is located in the center of the southern part of the Republic of Karelia, borders on Olonetsky and Pitkyarantsky districts and Leningrad Region in on Kondopozhsky district in the north on Prionezhsky district in the east on the Suoyarvsky district of Karelia in the west.
Statistics
10 km
distance to Petrozavodsk
urban-type settlement Pryazha
administrative center
6 395 sq. km.
area
14 139 people
population
Infrastructure
Regular bus routes connect the district with Petrozavodsk, St. Petersburg, Olonets, Sortavala. There are local buses from Pryazha to Kindasovo, Kroshnozero, Svyatozero. A number of settlements in the district — Syapsya, Essoila, Vedlozero, Kolatselga have direct connection to Petrozavodsk.
Economy
The major industries of the district include: Natural resources — wood, facing and building stone, marble, granite, clay, peat. The main district specialisations — are — meat and dairy farming, fur farming, production of construction materials, trout breeding farming, timber logging.
Large enterprises
- Сlosed joint-stock company Shuyales
- Solomenskiy lesozavod LLC
