Volodymyrets

Volodymyrets (Ukrainian: Володимирець, Russian: Влaдимирец, Polish: Włodzimierzec) is an urban-type settlement in Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. The town was also formerly he administrative center of Volodymyrets Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings until the raion's abolition, but is now administered within Varash Raion. Its population is 8,699 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 9,315 (2022 estimate).[3]

Volodymyrets
Володимирець
Włodzimierzec
Flag of Volodymyrets
Coat of arms of Volodymyrets
Volodymyrets is located in Rivne Oblast
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Volodymyrets
Location of Volodymyrets in Ukraine
Volodymyrets is located in Ukraine
Volodymyrets
Volodymyrets
Volodymyrets (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 51°25′15″N 26°08′42″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Rivne Oblast
RaionVarash Raion
Founded1183
Town status1957
Government
  MayorOleksandr Osmolovych
Area
  Total60.13 km2 (23.22 sq mi)
Elevation176 m (577 ft)
Population
 (2001)
  Total8,699
  Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
34300
Area code+380 3634
Websitehttp://volodselrada.gov.ua/

The town is located at the confluence of the Styr and Horyn rivers.[4] Volodymyrets was first founded in ancient Kievan Rus' times,[4] and it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1957.[2]

Notable people

See also

  • Rafalivka, the other urban-type settlement in Volodymyrets Raion of Rivne Oblast

References

  1. "Volodymyrets (Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. "Volodymyrets, Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  3. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  4. "History of the formation of Volodymyrets". 34400.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 February 2012.


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