Novovolynsk

Novovolynsk Нововолинськ
City of regional significance

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Coordinates: 50°44′00″N 24°10′00″E / 50.73333°N 24.16667°E / 50.73333; 24.16667
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Volyn Oblast
Raion	Volodymyr Raion
Hromada	Novovolynsk urban hromada
Founded	1951
City status	1957
Government
• Mayor	Borys Karpus
Area
• Total	17 km² (7 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	49,772
Postal code	45400
Area code	+380-3344
Website	http://nvip.com.ua/ http://forum.novovolynsk.com.ua/ http://newvol.com.ua/

Novovolynsk (Ukrainian: Нововолинськ) is a city in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. Novovolynsk, together with the rural settlement of Blahodatne and six villages, is incorporated into Novovolynsk urban hromada. Population: 49,772 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Located within the Lviv-Volyn coal basin until recently, Novovolynsk was a major coal mining center of the region. The city has a few factories: a ferroconcrete plant, brickworks, a plant for mining equipment maintenance, a meatpacking and bread factory, and a woodworking plant.

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History

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

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, as well as footballer Artem Fedetskyi.

The town is twinned with Hartlepool, England and Echirolles, France.

Geography

Novovolynsk is situated in the southwest of Volyn Oblast 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 is well-situated. The distance to the national highway H22 Ustyluh – 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.

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References

^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.

Sources

(in Ukrainian) Олександр Цинкаловський. Стара Волинь і Волинське Полісся. Краєзнавчий словник — від найдавніших часів до 1914 року. – V. 1.

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v t e Novovolynsk
Administrative center: Novovolynsk
Cities	Novovolynsk	Coat of arms of Novovolynsk

v t e Administrative divisions of Volyn Oblast
Administrative center: Lutsk
Raions	Kamin-Kashyrskyi Kovel Lutsk Volodymyr
Hromadas	Berestechko Boratyn Dorosyni Dubechne Dubove Holoby Holovne Horodyshche Horokhiv Ivanychi Kamin-Kashyrskyi Kivertsi Kolky Kolodiazhne Kopachivka Kovel Liubeshiv Liublynets Liuboml Lokachi Lukiv Lutsk Lytovezh Manevychi Marianivka Novovolynsk Olyka Ovadne Pavlivka Pidhaitsi Poromiv Povorsk Prylisne Ratne Rivne Rozhyshche Samary Serekhovychi Shatsk Smidyn Soshychne Stara Vyzhivka Torchyn Tsuman Turiisk Ustyluh Velymche Velytsk Volodymyr-Volynskyi Vyshniv Zabolottia Zabrody Zaturtsi Zymne
Cities	Berestechko Horokhiv Kamin-Kashyrskyi Kivertsi Kovel Liuboml Lutsk Novovolynsk Rozhyshche Ustyluh Volodymyr

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

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