{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{short description|City in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> | settlement_type = City | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | official_name = Novovolynsk | native_name = {{lang|uk|Нововолинськ}} | other_name = | image_skyline = Нововолинськ, 2020, 01.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Novovolynsk from above | image_flag = Flag of Novovolynsk.svg | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Novovolynsk.svg | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | 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_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 17 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2022 | population_note = | population_total = {{up}}49772 | population_footnotes = | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = | pushpin_map = Ukraine Volyn Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{coord|50|44|00|N|24|10|00|E|region:UA|display=inline}} | elevation_m = | | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 45400 | area_code = +380-3344 | blank_info = | blank1_info = | blank1_name = | website = {{URL|https://nov-rada.gov.ua}} | footnotes = | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Novovolynsk urban hromada }} '''Novovolynsk''' ({{langx|uk|Нововолинськ}}, {{IPA|uk|nowowoˈlɪnsʲk|ipa|audio=Uk-Нововолинськ.ogg}}) 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: {{Ua-pop-est2022|49,772|.}}
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 Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko in Novovolynsk.
==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.
==Demographics== As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Novovolynsk had a population of 58,558 inhabitants. The ethnic and linguitic composition of the population at the time of the census was as follows:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities | title=Національний склад міст }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001|title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України|website=socialdata.org.ua}}</ref>{{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Novovolynsk|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|93.75}} {{bar percent|Russians|purple|4.99}} {{bar percent|Belarusians|red|0.69}} {{bar percent|Poles|yellow|0.14}} {{bar percent|Armenians|brown|0.05}} {{bar percent|Tatars|olive|0.05}} {{bar percent|Germans|blue|0.04}} {{bar percent|Georgians|orange|0.04}} {{bar percent|others|gray|0.25}}}}
{{bar box|title=Native languages in Novovolynsk|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainian|dodgerblue|94.5}} {{bar percent|Russian|purple|5.1}} {{bar percent|Belarusian|red|0.2}} {{bar percent|others|gray|0.2}}}}
== Notable people== *Artem Fedetskyi (born 1985), footballer
==Twin towns – sister cities== Novovolynsk is twinned with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Міжнародне співробітництво |url=https://nov-rada.gov.ua/pro-misto/mizhnarodne-spivrobitnytstvo/|publisher=Novovolynsk|access-date=12 October 2024 |language=uk}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *{{flagicon|POL}} Biłgoraj, Poland *{{flagicon|CZE}} Bílina, Czech Republic *{{flagicon|POL}} Hrubieszów County, Poland *{{flagicon|POL}} Jaraczewo, Poland *{{flagicon|LTU}} Kelmė, Lithuania *{{flagicon|POL}} Otwock County, Poland *{{flagicon|POL}} Rymanów, Poland *{{flagicon|SVK}} Stropkov, Slovakia *{{flagicon|BEL}} Edegem, Belgium <!--Grasse, Hrubieszów, Leuna, Świdnik – not twinning/twinning ended--> {{div col end}}
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Нововолинськ.JPG|Central square File:Нововолинськ, 2022, 03.jpg File:Нововолинськ, 2021, 02.jpg File:Стадіон спортивно-оздоровчого комплексу Шахтар, Нововолинськ.jpg|Stadium File:Clay quarry (800x600).jpg|Old clay quarry </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
== Sources == * [https://diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/887/file.pdf Олександр Цинкаловський. Стара Волинь і Волинське Полісся. Краєзнавчий словник — від найдавніших часів до 1914 року]. – V. 1. {{in lang|uk}}
== External links == * {{official|https://nov-rada.gov.ua}} * [https://nvip.com.ua Information portal of Novovolynsk] * [https://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ll=50.733,24.167&spn=0.136136,0.293884&t=k Novovolynsk, Google maps]
{{Volyn Oblast}} {{Authority control}}
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Category:Novovolynsk Category:Cities in Volyn Oblast Category:Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Category:Mining cities and regions in Ukraine Category:Cities of regional significance in Ukraine