Novovolynsk

Novovolynsk
Нововолинськ
City of regional significance

Border Guards monument in Novovolynsk

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Novovolynsk
Novovolynsk
Coordinates: 50°44′00″N 24°10′00″E / 50.73333°N 24.16667°E / 50.73333; 24.16667
Country  Ukraine
Oblast Volyn Oblast
Founded 1951
City status 1957
Government
 • Mayor Borys Sapozhnikov
Area
 • Total 17 km2 (7 sq mi)
Population (2015)[1]
 • Total 53,249
 • Density 3,406/km2 (8,820/sq mi)
Postal code 45400
Area code(s) +380-3344
Website

http://nvip.com.ua/ http://forum.novovolynsk.com.ua/

http://newvol.com.ua/

Novovolynsk (Ukrainian: Нововолинськ) is a town of oblast significance in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. Novovolynsk, together with the urban-type settlement of Zhovtneve, is incorporated as Novovolynsk Municipality, an administrative unit of a status equal to that off a district. Population: 53,249 (2015 est.)[1]

Until recenty, Novovolynsk had been a major coal mining center of the region. The city has a few plants: a ferroconcrete plant, brickworks, a plant for mining equipment maintenance, meatpacking and bread factory, and a woodworking plant.

History

Novovolynsk was built in 1950 as a mining town in the USSR. It obtained a status of a city in 1957. The word "Novovolynsk" is a morphological blend, meaning "a new town in the Volyn region".

There is a monument to a famous Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko in Novovolynsk. Prominent civil society activist Anna Garmash is also from Novovolynsk.

Geography

Novovolynsk is situated in the South-West of the Volyn region in the far north-west of Ukraine. The city area is about 17 square kilometers. The state border to Poland runs 15 km to the West from the city; 92 km to the North from Novovolynsk there is the state border to Belarus.

The city has a favorable location. The distance to the national highway H22 Ustylug – Lutsk – Rivne is only 18 km. The distance to the international highway E373 (coincides with national M07) Warsaw – Lublin – Kovel – Sarny – Korosten – Kyiv is only 76 km.

Picture Gallery

Old brickyard

References

  1. 1 2 "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

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External links

Old clay quarry

Coordinates: 50°44′N 24°10′E / 50.733°N 24.167°E / 50.733; 24.167

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