Povenets

Povenets (English) Повенец (Russian) Povenča (Karelian)
-  Urban-type settlement  -
A street in Povenets
Location of the Republic of Karelia in Russia
Povenets Location of Povenets in the Republic of Karelia
Coordinates: 62°51′N 34°49′E / 62.850°N 34.817°E / 62.850; 34.817Coordinates: 62°51′N 34°49′E / 62.850°N 34.817°E / 62.850; 34.817
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of 2014)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Karelia
Administrative district	Medvezhyegorsky District
Municipal status (as of April 2013)
Municipal district	Medvezhyegorsky Municipal District
Urban settlement	Povenetskoye Urban Settlement
Administrative center of	Povenetskoye Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	2,209 inhabitants
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
Urban-type settlement status since	1938
Postal code(s)	186326

Povenets population

2010 Census	2,209
2002 Census	2,608
1989 Census	4,208
1979 Census	3,766

Povenets (Russian: Повене́ц; Karelian: Povenča; Finnish: 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, 231 kilometers (144 mi) north of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,209.

Povenets is located 19 kilometers (12 mi) 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.

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.

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