Geography
Prionezhsky municipal district is located in the southeastern part of the Republic of Karelia, along the southwestern coast of Lake Onego, around the capital - the city of Petrozavodsk. The district includes 13 rural municipalities, including 3 Veps municipalities: Sheltozersky municipality, Shokshinsky municipality, and Ryboretsky municipality
Statistics
42,3 km
distance to Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk city
administrative center
4 475 sq. km.
area
22 259 people
population
Infrastructure
The federal highway «Kola», highways of republican significance и and three railway lines of the Petrozavodsk branch of the Oktyabrskaya Railway pass through the district.
Economy
The basis of the economy of the district is timber logging and crushed stone mining.
Large enterprises
- Agricultural complex named after Zaitsev
- Сlosed joint stock company Ladvinsky Lespromkhoz
- Karelkamen LLC
- Karel Flot Invest LLC
- Lafarge Nerudnye Materialy i Beton LLC
