Volovets

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Volovets
Воловець
Urban-type settlement
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View of Volovets
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Coat of arms of Volovets
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Volovets is located in Zakarpattia Oblast
Volovets
Volovets
Coordinates: 48°42′40″N 23°11′18″E / 48.71111°N 23.18833°E / 48.71111; 23.18833Coordinates: 48°42′40″N 23°11′18″E / 48.71111°N 23.18833°E / 48.71111; 23.18833
Country Ukraine
Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast
RaionUKR Волове́цький райо́н flag.png Volovets Raion
Established1433
Urban-type settlement status1957
Government
 • Settlement HeadMykhailo Yaremchuk
Elevation
[1]
479 m (1,572 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • TotalDecrease 5,036
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, Slovak: Volovec) is an urban-type settlement in Zakarpattia Oblast (region) in western Ukraine.[2] Volovets was the administrative center of Volovets Raion (district) until 2020, housing the district's local administration buildings. The town's population was 5,178 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 5,036 (2021 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[]

Tourism[]

Volovets is the main transport location through which passenger trains and tourists to Transcarpathia from almost all over Ukraine go. Volovets district is part of the ethnographic district of Boykivshchyna, which is one of the four well-known historical and ethnographic groups of the Ukrainian Carpathians - Hutsuls, Boyks, Lemkos and Dolynians. Volovets district offers guests both calm and active recreation. Special mention should be made of the recreational area of the village of Zhdenievo, with its numerous camp sites and hotels that provide services for different groups of tourists.

Here you can go paragliding (Borzhava mountain meadow), ride ATVs, mountain bikes, and in winter enjoy skiing and snowboarding.

References[]

  1. ^ "Volovets (Zakarpattia Oblast, Volovets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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 11 July 2021.
  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.


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