| En Name: | Pryazha |
| Ru Name: | Пряжа |
| Other Name: | Priäžä |
| Other Lang: | Karelian |
| Coordinates: | 61.6833°N 70°W |
| Map Label Position: | right |
| Federal Subject: | Republic of Karelia |
| Adm District Jur: | Pryazhinsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of: | Pryazhinsky District |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
| Mun District Jur: | Pryazhinsky Municipal District |
| Urban Settlement Jur: | Pryazhinskoye Urban Settlement |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Pryazhinsky Municipal District |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Pryazhinskoye Urban Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 3675 |
| Established Date: | 17th century |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Current Cat Date: | 1962 |
| Postal Codes: | 186120 |
| Website: | http://pryazha.karelia.info/official/1266404376.html |
| Pryazha population | |
| Label1: | 2010 Census |
| Data1: | 3,675 |
| Label2: | 2002 Census |
| Data2: | 4,269 |
| Label3: | 1989 Census |
| Data3: | 4,421 |
| Label4: | 1979 Census |
| Data4: | 4,809 |
Pryazha (ru|Пря́жа; krl|Priäžä; fi|Prääsä) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Pryazhinsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located 12km (07miles) from the Shuya River and 49km (30miles) west of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,675.
It was first mentioned in the 17th century as the village of Pryazha or Padlovo (Russian: Падлово). It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1962.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pryazha serves as the administrative center of Pryazhinsky District, of which it is a part.[1] As a municipal division, Pryazha, together with three rural localities, is incorporated within Pryazhinsky Municipal District as Pryazhinskoye Urban Settlement.[2]
The Blue Highway, an international tourist route, starts in Mo i Rana, Norway, goes through Sweden and Finland, and then through Pryazha, before ending in Pudozh.
There is a Pryazhinskaya central district polyclinic in the village. In 2005, a branch of the state healthcare institution «V. A. Baranov Republican Hospital» with a rehabilitation treatment center was opened in Pryazha.[3]
Inpatient departments of the hospital: