Kovel
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Kovel Ковель Kowel |
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| City of regional significance | |||
Square in Kovel, 2002
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 Kovel
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| Coordinates: 51°13′0″N 24°43′0″E / 51.21667°N 24.71667°ECoordinates: 51°13′0″N 24°43′0″E / 51.21667°N 24.71667°E | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Oblast |
 Volyn Oblast
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| Raion | Kovel City Municipality | ||
| Founded | 13th century | ||
| Magdeburg law | 1518 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Oleh Kinder | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 47.3 km2 (18.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 69,342 | ||
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (4,000/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 45000 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 3352 | ||
| Website | Municipal official site in Ukrainian | ||
Kovel (Ukrainian: Ковель; Russian: Ковель, translit. Kovel’, Polish: Kowel, Yiddish: קאָוועל) is a town in Volyn Oblast (province), in northwestern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Kovel Raion (district), the town itself is designated as a town of oblast significance and is not part of the raion. Population: 69,342 (2015 est.)
Kovel gives its name to one of the oldest Runic inscriptions which were lost during World War II. The Kovel spearhead, unearthed near the town in 1858, contained text in Gothic language (illustration).
Kovel (Kowel) was first mentioned in 1310. It received city rights from the Polish King Sigismund I the Old in 1518. In 1547 the owner of Kowel became Bona Sforza, Polish queen. In 1564 starost of Kowel became Kurbski (d. 1584). From 1566 to 1795 it was part of the Volhynian Voivodeship. Kowel was a royal city of Poland.
After the Partitions of Poland the town fell into the Russian Empire for over a hundred years. During the First World War, the city was a site of the Battle of Kovel between the Central Powers and the Russian Empire. In the interwar period, Kovel served as the capital of Kovel County in Volhynian Voivodeship of the Polish Republic. It was an important garrison of the Polish Army, here the headquarters of the 27th Volhynian Infantry Division was located. Furthermore, at the village of Czerkasy, a large depot of the Polish Army was located. In 1924, construction of the St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic church began.
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