Volovets

Coordinates: 48°42′40″N 23°11′18″E / 48.71111°N 23.18833°E / 48.71111; 23.18833
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Iryna Harpy (talk | contribs) at 06:27, 24 September 2019 (Undid revision 917349034 by 37.166.58.141 (talk) Remove good faith addition of a 3rd naming convention for the infobox per MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. Already included in body with nothing to denote the significance of inclusion for something that serves as terse 'at a glance' information.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Volovets
Воловець
Urban-type settlement
View of Volovets
View of Volovets
Flag of Volovets
Flag
Coat of arms of Volovets
Coat of arms
Volovets is located in Zakarpattia Oblast
Volovets
Volovets
Volovets is located in Ukraine
Volovets
Volovets
Coordinates: 48°42′40″N 23°11′18″E / 48.71111°N 23.18833°E / 48.71111; 23.18833
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion Volovets Raion
Established1433
Town status1957
Government
 • Town HeadMykhailo Yaremchuk
Elevation
[1]
479 m (1,572 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • TotalIncrease 5,175
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
89100
Area code+380 3136
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

Volovets (Ukrainian: Воловець, Hungarian: Volóc, Russian: Воловец) is an urban-type settlement in Zakarpattia Oblast (region) in western Ukraine.[2] Volovets is also the administrative center of Volovets Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. The town's population was 5,178 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 5,175 (2016 est.)[3].

Names

There are several alternative names used for this settlement: Hungarian: Volóc, German: Wolowez, Slovak: Volovec, Russian: Воловец.

Sites

From the 1850s, when Volovets was part of Austria-Hungary, the town had a ski ramp. The ramp was used by Emperor Franz Joseph I when he and his family came to visit in 1862.[4]

Sister cities

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Volovets.
  1. ^ "Volovets (Zakarpattia Oblast, Volovets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Volovets, Zakarpattia Oblast, Volovets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Volovets". Mandrivka Ukrainoyu (in Ukrainian). travelua.com.ua. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Herzlich willkommen". Volovec-BadEndorf.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2012.


Stub icon

This article about a location in Zakarpattia Oblast is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Volovets&oldid=917522920"