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Volodymyrets
Volodymyrets is an urban-type settlement in Rivne Oblast ( province) in western Ukraine. The town is also the administrative center of the Volodymyrets Raion ( district), housing the district's local administration buildings. Its population is 8,699 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.
The town is located at the confluence of the Styr and Horyn rivers. Volodymyrets was first founded in ancient Kievan Rus' times, and it acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1957.