Biłgoraj

Biłgoraj
	Biłgoraj
	Biłgoraj
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Lublin
Powiat :	Biłgoraj
Area :	20.85 km²
Geographic location :	50 ° 32 ' N , 22 ° 43' E Coordinates: 50 ° 32 '0 " N , 22 ° 43' 0" E
Height :	212 m npm
Residents :	26,309 ; (June 30, 2019)
Postal code :	23-400 to 23-401
Telephone code :	(+48) 84
License plate :	LBL
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Rzeszów-Jasionka
Gmina
Gminatype:	Township & Country Community
Residents:	26,309 ; (June 30, 2019)
Community number ( GUS ):	0602011
Administration (as of 2007)
Mayor :	Janusz Rosłan
Address:	pl. Wolności 16 ; 23-400 Biłgoraj
Website :	www.bilgoraj.pl
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Biłgoraj [ bʲiwˈgɔraj ] is a city in Poland in the Lublin Voivodeship , about 90 km south of Lublin .

history

Church in Biłgoraj

The first permanent settlements in the area of today's Biłgoraj emerged in 1366. The actual place was founded in 1578 by Stefan Batory . In 1648 the place was occupied by the Tatars and in 1655 it was largely destroyed during the war against Sweden. From 1772 to 1776 Biłgoraj was under Austrian rule, in 1792 it fell to Russia, only to belong to Austria again only three years later. In 1809 the place became part of the Principality of Warsaw and in 1815 part of the newly created Congress Poland . In 1867 the place became the seat of a powiat . During the First World War , the place was destroyed.

Before the Second World War , 5010 Jews and 3175 non-Jewish Poles lived in Biłgoraj ( see Biłgoraj Synagogue and New Jewish Cemetery (Biłgoraj) ).

During the German invasion of Poland , the place was bombed on September 8th and 11th, 1939 and burned down. On July 4, 1944, partisans who had been captured by Operation Stormwind II were shot dead in the forest near the village. At the end of the war, almost 80% of the place was destroyed and the population was only 4,500.

Gmina

The city of Biłgoraj forms a municipality ( gmina miejska ).
The independent rural community ( gmina wiejska ) Biłgoraj has an area of 262.6 km². It includes 28 localities with a Schulzenamt.

Twin cities

Biłgoraj lists six twin cities :

city	country	since
Afula	Israel Israel	2010
Bílina	Czech Republic Czech Republic	1995
Crailsheim	Germany Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany	2000
Kelmė	Lithuania Lithuania	1998
Krugloje	Belarus Belarus
Novovolynsk	Ukraine Ukraine	1996
Stropkov	Slovakia Slovakia	2007