Janów Lubelski
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lublin | ||
| Powiat : | Janów Lubelski | ||
| Gmina : | Janów Lubelski | ||
| Area : | 14.84 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 42 ' N , 22 ° 25' E | ||
| Height : | 210 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 12,007 (Dec. 31, 2016) | ||
| Postal code : | 23-300 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 15 | ||
| License plate : | LYES | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : |
DK19 Nisko - Kraśnik DK74 Frampol - Kraśnik |
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| Next international airport : | Rzeszów-Jasionka | ||
Janów Lubelski is a city in the Lublin Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name and the Powiat Janowski .
history
Today's Janów Lubelski was first mentioned in 1245. The name at that time was Biała . As Biała, the village received on July 21, 1640 the city charter under Magdeburg law by King Władysław IV Wasa awarded. Included was the right to a weekly market on Monday and eight annual markets . In 1642 the name Janów was first used in your document. The name is derived from the personal name Jan and probably goes back to either Jan Sobiepan Zamoyski or Jan Zamoyski . In 1648 the city was destroyed by the troops of the Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnyzkyj . In 1740, 1743 and 1754 Janów was destroyed by fires. At the first partition of Poland it came to Austria . In 1776 the city returned to the remaining little Poland before it fell again to Austria in the Third Partition of Poland . In 1809 Janów came to the newly formed Duchy of Warsaw and then in 1815 to Congress Poland . In 1860 there were two hotels, four inns, a pharmacy, twelve taverns and a primary school in the city. Through a general reform of the administration on Polish territory by the Russian tsar, Janów became a district seat in 1867. After the First World War , Janów became part of the re-established Poland . At the beginning of the Second World War , the city was bombed by the Wehrmacht air force and up to 85 percent destroyed. About 350 people were killed. After the occupation by the Germans, a labor camp was set up in 1940. With the support of the Armia Ludowa , the Red Army marched into Janów on July 26, 1944 . As a result of the war, the city became part of the People's Republic of Poland and in 1956 the seat of a powiat . Between 1975 and 1998 it was part of the Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship .
Population development
About 1,000 people lived in Janów in the second half of the 17th century. In the second half of the 18th century, the population had doubled to 2,000. In the middle of the 19th century the number of inhabitants had grown to 3,500. At the beginning of the 20th century the population had increased further, now 8,000 people lived in Janów. In June 2007, 11,971 people lived in Janów Lubelski.
local community
The urban and rural community Janów Lubelski comprises the city itself, eleven school offices and six other villages. About 16,000 people live on an area of 178.24 km². 62 percent of the community area is forest areas and 26.5 percent is used for agriculture.
traffic
From the southwest the national road 19 and from the east the national road 74 Janów Lubelski. Both unite in the city and lead north. There they lead to Kraśnik , where they separate again.
The nearest international airport is Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport , which is about 75 kilometers south.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ mapa.szukacz.pl, “Janów Lubelski - Informacje dodatkowe” , accessed on April 18, 2008.
- ↑ Czarny wrzesień 1939
- ↑ 75 lat temu Niemcy testowali tu nowe bomby. Spalili miasto ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Website of the city janowlubelski.pl , accessed on March 16, 2017 (English).
- ^ Website of the city, Historia ( Memento of the original of April 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 19, 2008
- ↑ Główny Urząd Statystyczny (Central Statistical Office): Ludność - Stan i Struktura w Przekroju Terytorialnym ( Memento of February 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), as of June 30, 2007.
