Kozelets

Kozelets
Козелець
Kozelets
The town's main street, with the belltower in the background.
The town's main street, with the belltower in the background.
Flag of Kozelets
Coat of arms of Kozelets
Kozelets is located in Chernihiv Oblast
Kozelets
Kozelets
Location of Kozelets in Ukraine
Kozelets is located in Ukraine
Kozelets
Kozelets
Kozelets (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 50°54′0″N 31°07′0″E / 50.90000°N 31.11667°E / 50.90000; 31.11667
Country Ukraine
OblastChernihiv Oblast
RaionChernihiv Raion
HromadaKozelets settlement hromada
First mentioned1098
Magdeburg rights1656
Town status1924
Government
 • HeadPetro Fedchenko
Area
 • Total8.44 km2 (3.26 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total7,496
 • Density1,037.67/km2 (2,687.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
17003
Area code+380 4646
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/

Kozelets (Ukrainian: Козелець, IPA: [koˈzelɛtsʲ]) is a rural settlement in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kozelets settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Kozelets is located on the Oster River, a tributary of the Dnieper. Population: 7,496 (2022 estimate).[2]

The town was first mentioned in written documents in 1098, but its status as an urban-type settlement (a step below that of a city) was granted in 1924.[3]

Notable attractions in the city includes the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin designed in the Ukrainian Baroque style by architects Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi and Andrei Kvasov. Kozelets also houses several local food industries, and a veterinary technicum.[4]

  1. ^ "Козелецкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Urban-type settlement Kozelets, Chernihiv Oblast, Kozeletskyi Raion". Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
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