Pyaozersky (; ; ) is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

) in

Loukhsky District Loukhsky District (; ) is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of the Republic of Karelia, fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.Constitution of the Republic of Karelia It is located in the north of the repu ...

of the

Republic of Karelia The Republic of Karelia, or simply Karelia or Karjala (; ) is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia situated in the Northwest Russia, northwest of the country. The republic is a part of the Northwestern Federal District, and covers an area of ...

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, located on the shore of

Lake Pyaozero Lake Pyaozero (, , ) is a large freshwater lake in the Republic of Karelia, northwestern part of Russia. It has an area of 659 km2, and it is drained by the river Kovda. There are many islands on the lake with total area of 186 km2. ...

, northwest of

Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk (, ; Karelian language, Karelian, Veps language, Vepsian and ) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . The population of the city is 280,890 as of 2022. ...

, the

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of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,098.

History

Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

status was granted to it in 1976.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of Pyaozersky is subordinated to

. As a municipal division, Pyaozersky is incorporated within Loukhsky Municipal District as Pyaozerskoye Urban Settlement.Law #813-ZRK

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=May 2015 Urban-type settlements in the Republic of Karelia Populated places established in 1973 Populated places in Loukhsky District