Kamieńsk
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Łódź | ||
| Powiat : | Radomszczański | ||
| Gmina : | Kamieńsk | ||
| Area : | 11.99 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 51 ° 13 ′ N , 19 ° 30 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 2766 (June 30, 2019) | ||
| Postal code : | 97-360 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 44 | ||
| License plate : | ERA | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | E 75 Częstochowa - Łódź | ||
| Rail route : | Warsaw – Katowice | ||
| Next international airport : | Łódź-Lublinek | ||
Kamieńsk [ 'kamʲɛɲsk ] is a city in the Łódź Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with 5887 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2019). It is located about 60 kilometers south of the voivodeship capital Łódź .
history
The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1291, when it was reported that a wooden church was being built. In 1374 the place received the city charter according to Magdeburg law . During the second partition of Poland , the city came to Prussia . In 1793 with the formation of the Duchy of Warsaw , the place became part of the same and then fell to Congress Poland in 1815 . The connection to the rail network took place in 1846. After the January uprising of 1863/1864, an administrative reform was carried out by Tsar Alexander II in 1870 , whereby the place lost its town charter like many other cities in the Russian part of Poland. In 1904 a big fire destroyed the place. In September 1907 the volunteer fire brigade was founded to provide fire protection and general help. After the First World War , the place became part of the re-formed Poland. On September 2, 1939, the German Wehrmacht attacked the city, which was particularly badly affected by artillery fire . During an administrative reform, the place became part of the newly formed Piotrków Voivodeship in 1975 . On January 1, 1994, the town was given city rights again. In a further administrative reform in 1999, the Piotrków Voivodeship was dissolved and Kamieńsk became part of the Łódź Voivodeship.
Population development
In 1939, 3,700 people lived in the city, 834 of them Jews . In 2007 there were 2,852, 1,390 of them men.
local community
The city and country community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Kamieńsk includes the city itself and 12 villages with school boards.
Economy and Infrastructure
The unemployment rate at the beginning of 2006 was around 16 percent, slightly below the Polish average.
traffic
Kamieńsk is located on the European route 75 from Częstochowa to Łódź . The Łódź-Lublinek airport is located about 60 kilometers north. The planned A1 motorway from the south of Poland via Łódź to Gdańsk is to have a Kamieńsk junction. The Kamieńsk stop is on the Warszawa – Katowice railway line .
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- John Paul II (1920–2005) became an honorary citizen of the place in 1999
- Kazimierz Secomski (1910–2002), economist
Son of the city
- Jacek Krzynówek (* 1976 ), football player.