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Volovets

Воловець
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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
Kintra Ukraine
Province Zakarpattia Oblast
Destrict Volovets Raion
Established1433
Toun status1957
Govrenment
 • Toun HeidMykhailo Yaremchuk
Elevation479 m (1,572 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • TotalIncrease 5,104
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
89100
Aurie code+380 3136
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

Volovets (Ukrainian: Воловець) is an urban-teep dounset in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in wastren Ukraine.[2] The toun is the admeenistrative centre o the Volovets Raion (destrict) an aw, hoosin the destrict's local admeenistration biggins. The toun's population wis 5,178 as o the 2001 Ukrainian Census[2] an 4,961 in 2022.[3]

Thare are several alternative names uised for this ceety: Hungarian: Volóc, German: Wolowez, Slovak: Volovec, Roushie: Воловец.

Frae the 1850s, when Volovets wis pairt o Austrick-Hungary, the toun haed a ski ramp. The ramp wis uised bi Emperor Franz Joseph I when he an his faimily came tae visit in 1862.[4]

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  1. "Volovets (Zakarpattia Oblast, Volovets Raion)". weather.in.ua (in English). Retrieved 26 December 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  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. ukrcensus 2022
  4. "Volovets". Mandrivka Ukrainoyu (in Ukrainian). travelua.com.ua. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  5. "Herzlich willkommen". Volovec-BadEndorf.de (in German). Archived frae the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2012.