Korets
Korets is a city in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. The city is located on the Korchyk river, 66 kilometers to the east of Rivne. It was the administrative center of Korets Raion until the raion was abolished in 2020. Population: 6,914.- Type: Town with 7,430 residents
- Description: city of district significance in Rivne Oblast in Ukraine
- Also known as: “Koritz”, “Korzec”, “Korzhets”, and “Kozhets”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Korets Castle.
Korets Castle
Ruins
Photo: Rbrechko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Korets Castle is a castle built in Korets c. 1400 by either Prince Theodor Ostrogski or Prince Dymitr Korybut. Its main tower is featured in the town's emblem.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Novyi Korets.
Korets
- Categories: city in Ukraine and locality
- Location: Rivne Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.61946° or 50° 37′ 10″ northLongitude
27.15971° or 27° 9′ 35″ eastPopulation
7,430Elevation
198 metres (650 feet)Open location code
9G29J595+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1489631667OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
704968Wikidata ID
Q997398
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Satellite Map
Discover Korets from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yiddish—“Korets” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կորեց”
- Belarusian: “Корац”
- Belarusian: “Корэць”
- Bulgarian: “Корец”
- Catalan: “Kòrets”
- Cebuano: “Korets‘”
- Cebuano: “Korets’”
- Chechen: “Корец”
- Chinese: “科列茨”
- Crimean Tatar: “Korets”
- Czech: “Korec”
- Czech: “Korzec”
- Danish: “Korets”
- Dutch: “Korets”
- Eastern Mari: “Корец”
- Estonian: “Korets”
- Finnish: “Korec”
- Finnish: “Korets”
- French: “Korets”
- Georgian: “კორეცი”
- German: “Korez”
- German: “Korzec”
- Greek: “Κόρετς”
- Hebrew: “קארעץ”
- Hebrew: “קוריץ”
- Hebrew: “קורץ”
- Hungarian: “Korec”
- Italian: “Korec‘”
- Italian: “Korec’”
- Korean: “코레츠”
- Latvian: “Koreca”
- Lithuanian: “Korecis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Korets”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Korets”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Korzec”
- Norwegian: “Korets”
- Ossetian: “Корец”
- Polish: “Korzec”
- Portuguese: “Korets”
- Romanian: “Koreţ”
- Romanian: “Koreț”
- Romanian: “Korets”
- Russian: “Корец”
- Serbian: “Корец”
- Slovenian: “Korec”
- Spanish: “Korets”
- Tatar: “Коретс”
- Thai: “กอแรตส์”
- Ukrainian: “Korets’”
- Ukrainian: “Korets”
- Ukrainian: “Корець”
- Ukrainian: “Корчеськ”
- Upper Sorbian: “Korec”
- Upper Sorbian: “Korzec”
- Uzbek: “Korets”
- Vietnamese: “Korets”
- Yiddish: “קאוולע”
- Yiddish: “קאריץ”
- Yiddish: “קארעץ”
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