Gorlice

Gorlice () is a town and an urban municipality ("gmina") in south-eastern Poland with around 29,500 inhabitants (2008). It is situated south east of Kraków and south of Tarnów between Jasło and Nowy Sącz in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Gorlice County.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Gorlice
Settlement.image_shield: POL Gorlice COA (by Shazz).svg
Settlement.image_flag: POL Gorlice flag.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lesser Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Gorlice
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Gorlice (urban gmina)
Settlement.leader_party: NL
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Rafał Kukla
Settlement.area_total_km2: 23.56
Settlement.population_as_of: 2008
Settlement.population_total: 29500

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections

Contents

History
Age of Partitions and first kerosene lamp
20th century
History of Jews in Gorlice
Sport
Major sports clubs
Geography
Notable figures
International relations
Twin towns—Sister cities
References
External links

==History== Gorlice was founded during the reign of Casimir the Great in 1354. In that year, the Stolnik of Sandomierz, Derslaw Karwacjan, received royal permission to found a town in a densely forested area of the Carpathian foothills. The existence of the town is mentioned in sources from 1388, 1404 and 1417. In the 15th century, Gorlice remained private property of the Karwacjan family.

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