Volovets
| Volovets Воловець | |||
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| Urban-type settlement | |||
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View of Volovets | |||
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  Volovets Location of Volovets in Zakarpattia Oblast | |||
| Coordinates: UA 48°42′40″N 23°11′18″E / 48.71111°N 23.18833°ECoordinates: UA 48°42′40″N 23°11′18″E / 48.71111°N 23.18833°E | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine | ||
| Province |
 Zakarpattia Oblast | ||
| District |
 Volovets Raion | ||
| Established | 1433 | ||
| Town status | 1957 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Town Head | Mykhailo Yaremchuk | ||
| Elevation[1] | 479 m (1,572 ft) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total |
 5,169 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 89100 | ||
| Area code | +380 3136 | ||
| Website | http://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: 5,169 (2013 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
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Bad Endorf, Germany (2001)[5]
References
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- ↑ "Volovets (Zakarpattia Oblast, Volovets Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- 1 2 "Volovets, Zakarpattia Oblast, Volovets Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Volovets". Mandrivka Ukrainoyu (in Ukrainian). travelua.com.ua. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "Herzlich willkommen". Volovec-BadEndorf.de (in German). Retrieved 26 December 2012.
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