Novovolynsk Explained

Settlement Type:City
Official Name:Novovolynsk
Native Name:Ukrainian: Нововолинськ
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Volyn Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Volodymyr Raion
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1951
Established Title1:City status
Established Date1:1957
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Borys Karpus
Area Total Km2:17
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:49772
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Volyn Oblast#Ukraine
Coordinates:50.7333°N 24.1667°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:45400
Area Code:+380-3344
Website:http://nvip.com.ua/http://forum.novovolynsk.com.ua/http://newvol.com.ua/
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Novovolynsk urban hromada

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:

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.

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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