Kozelets

Kozelets

Козелець
Kozelets Козелець
Rural settlement
	Kozelets
	The town's main street, with the belltower in the background.
	Flag Coat of arms
	Kozelets Location of Kozelets in Ukraine Kozelets Kozelets (Ukraine)
	Coordinates: 50°54′0″N 31°07′0″E / 50.90000°N 31.11667°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Chernihiv Oblast
Raion	Chernihiv Raion
First mentioned	1098
Magdeburg rights	1656
Town status	1924
Government
• Head	Petro Fedchenko
Area
• Total	8.44 km2 (3.26 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	7,496
• Density	1,037.67/km2 (2,687.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	17003
Area code	+380 4646
Website	http://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]

^ "Козелецкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
^ 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.
^ "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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[admreform_2020_kozelets-1] "Козелецкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.

[ua2022estimate-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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