En Name: | Muyezersky |
Ru Name: | Муезерский |
Other Name: | Mujehd'ärvi |
Other Lang: | Karelian |
Coordinates: | 63.9667°N 32°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Karelia |
Adm District Jur: | Muyezersky District |
Adm Ctr Of: | Muyezersky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Mun District Jur: | Muyezersky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Muyezerskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Muyezersky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Muyezerskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 3328 |
Established Date: | end of the 1930s |
Current Cat Date: | 1965 |
Postal Codes: | 186960 |
Website: | http://muezersky.ru/poselen/muezerskoe_gor.html |
Muyezersky (Russian: Муезе́рский; Karelian: Mujehd'ärvi; Finnish: Mujejärvi) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Muyezersky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Muyezerka River (Kem's basin), 375km (233miles) northwest of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,328.
It was founded in the end of the 1930s due to the construction of Rugozersky timber industry enterprise. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1965.
Muyezersky population | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 3,328 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 4,007 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 4,400 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 3,826 |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Muyezersky serves as the administrative center of Muyezersky District, of which it is a part.[1] As a municipal division, Muyezersky is incorporated within Muyezersky Municipal District as Muyezerskoye Urban Settlement.[2]