Volovets

Volovets (Ukrainian: Воловець; Hungarian: Volóc; Polish: Wołowiec; Russian: Воловец; Slovak: Volovec) is a rural settlement in Mukachevo Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, 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: 4,961 (2022 estimate).^[3]

Volovets Воловець
Rural settlement
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Coordinates: 48°42′40″N 23°11′18″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion	Mukachevo Raion
Established	1433
Urban-type settlement status	1957
Government
• Settlement Head	Mykhailo Popelych
Elevation [1]	479 m (1,572 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	4,961
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	89100
Area code	+380 3136
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

History

Until 26 January 2024, Volovets was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Volovets became a rural settlement.^[4]

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.^[5]

Sister cities

• Bad Endorf, Germany (2001)^[6]

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, Boykos, 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 Zhdeniievo, 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.

People from Volovets

• Vasyl Betsa (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
• Ivan Ljavinec, a Ruthenian hierarch