| En Name: | Povenets |
| Ru Name: | Повенец |
| Other Name: | Poventsa |
| Other Lang: | Karelian |
| Coordinates: | 62.85°N 83°W |
| Map Label Position: | top |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Povenets.svg |
| Federal Subject: | Republic of Karelia |
| Adm Data As Of: | 2014 |
| Adm District Jur: | Medvezhyegorsky District |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
| Mun Data As Of: | April 2013 |
| Mun District Jur: | Medvezhyegorsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Povenetskoye Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of: | Povenetskoye Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 2209 |
| Current Cat Date: | 1938 |
| Postal Codes: | 186326 |
| Date: | May 2015 |
| Povenets population | |
| Label1: | 2010 Census |
| Data1: | 2,209 |
| Label2: | 2002 Census |
| Data2: | 2,608 |
| Label3: | 1989 Census |
| Data3: | 4,208 |
| Label4: | 1979 Census |
| Data4: | 3,766 |
Povenets (ru|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, 231km (144miles) north of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,209.
Povenets is located 19km (12miles) from Sandarmokh, the site of mass execution by shooting and burial of victims of the Soviet political repressions.
Urban-type settlement status was granted to Povenets in 1938.
Povenets marked the furthest advance by Finnish troops during the World War II Continuation war 1941-44. The town was occupied by Finnish troops on 6 December 1941. Soviet forces retook the town in July 1944.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Povenets is subordinated to Medvezhyegorsky District. As a municipal division, Povenets, together with seventeen rural localities, is incorporated within Medvezhyegorsky Municipal District as Povenetskoye Urban Settlement.[1]