Volodymyr, Volyn Oblast

Volodymyr
Володимир
Володимѣрь
Top: Church of Sts. Joachim and Anne; Bottom left: Lutheran Church; Bottom right: Dormition Cathedral and Bishop's Palace
Flag of Volodymyr
Coat of arms of Volodymyr
Volodymyr is located in Volyn Oblast
Volodymyr
Volodymyr
Location of Volodymyr
Volodymyr is located in Ukraine
Volodymyr
Volodymyr
Volodymyr (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 50°50′53″N 24°19′20″E / 50.84806°N 24.32222°E / 50.84806; 24.32222
Country Ukraine
OblastVolyn Oblast
RaionVolodymyr Raion
HromadaVolodymyr urban hromada
First mentioned988
Government
 • MayorIhor Palyonka
Elevation
174 m (571 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total37,910
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal index
44700-44709
Area code+380 3342
Websitevolodymyrrada.gov.ua

Volodymyr (Ukrainian: Володимир), previously known as Volodymyr-Volynskyi (Володимир-Волинський) from 1944 to 2021, is a small city in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Volodymyr Raion and the center of Volodymyr urban hromada. It is one of the oldest cities in Ukraine and the historic centre of the region of Volhynia; it served as the capital of the Principality of Volhynia and later as one of the capital cities of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia. Population: 37,910 (2022 estimate).[1]

The medieval Latin name of the town "Lodomeria" became the namesake of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, of which the town itself was not a part. Five kilometres (three miles) south from Volodymyr is Zymne, where the oldest Orthodox monastery in Volhynia is located.

  1. ^ a b 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.