Volodymyrets

Volodymyrets
Володимирець
Włodzimierzec
Rural settlement
Volodymyrets railway station
Volodymyrets railway station
Flag of Volodymyrets
Flag
Coat of arms of Volodymyrets
Coat of arms
Volodymyrets is located in Rivne Oblast
Volodymyrets
Volodymyrets
Location of Volodymyrets in Ukraine
Volodymyrets is located in Ukraine
Volodymyrets
Volodymyrets
Volodymyrets (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 51°25′15″N 26°08′42″E / 51.42083°N 26.14500°E / 51.42083; 26.14500
Country Ukraine
OblastRivne Oblast
RaionVarash Raion
HromadaVolodymyrets settlement hromada
Founded1183
Town status1957
Government
 • MayorOleksandr Osmolovych
Area
 • Total
60.13 km2 (23.22 sq mi)
Elevation
176 m (577 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
8,699
 • Density144.7/km2 (374.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
34300
Area code+380 3634
Websitehttp://volodselrada.gov.ua/

Volodymyrets (Ukrainian: Володимирець, pronounced [wɔlɔˈdɪmeret͡sʲ]; Polish: Włodzimierzec) is a rural 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. Current population: 9,315 (2022 estimate).

The settlement is located at the confluence of the Styr and Horyn rivers in the region of Volhynian Polesia.

History

Palace before 1911

Volodymyrets was founded under the rule of Kievan Rus' times. In 1943 a sotnia of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army organized resistance to Nazi Germany in the area.

In 1957 Volodymyrets acquired the status of an urban-type settlement. On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Volodymyrets became a rural settlement.

Notable people

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "Volodymyrets, Rivne Oblast, Volodymyrets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
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  5. 1 2 Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II). Vol. 1. 1993. pp. 311–315.
  6. ↑ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.