Kozelets

Kozelets (, ) 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. Kozelets is located on the Oster River, a tributary of the Dnieper. Population:

Key facts

Settlement.name: Kozelets
Settlement.native_name: Козелець
Settlement.native_name_lang: uk
Settlement.settlement_type: Rural settlement
Settlement.image_skyline: Козелець центральна вулиця жовтень 2008.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: The town's main street, with the belltower in the background.
Settlement.image_flag: Kozelts prapor.png
Settlement.image_shield: Kozele r.gif
Settlement.shield_size: 65px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ukraine Chernihiv Oblast#Ukraine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Kozelets in Ukraine
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Chernihiv Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Chernihiv Raion
Settlement.leader_title: Head
Settlement.leader_name: Petro Fedchenko

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Козелець
Population: 7968
Area: 8.44
Elevation: 113
Official website: gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=17.06.2008&rf7571=40033
Image: Kozelets'013.jpg
Dialing code: 4646

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Commons category: Kozelets
postal code: 17003
native label: Козелець
inception: 1098-00-00
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Notable people
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The town was first mentioned in written documents in 1098, but its status as an urban-type settlement (one level below that of a city) was granted in 1924.