Volovets


Volovets is an urban-type settlement in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Volovets is also the administrative center of Volovets Raion, housing the district's local administration buildings. The town's population was 5,178 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population:.

Names

There are several alternative names used for this settlement: Volóc, Wolowez, Volovec, 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.

Sister cities