Kańczuga
Sign in to saveKańczuga () is a town in Przeworsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, with a population of 3,187 inhabitants on 2 June 2009. The town was an early centre of the Polish automobile industry. Buses based on Fiat 621R and used in Kraków had bodywork fitted in Kańczuga. Today, the town is known for the restoration of old SAABs.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kańczuga
- Region
- województwo podkarpackie
- Country
- Polska
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Key facts
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- Kańczuga
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- Kańczuga, rynek (HB3).jpg
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- Square in the town center
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- Poland
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- Country
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- Voivodeship
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- County
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- Przeworsk
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- Gmina
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- Kańczuga
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Kańczuga
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Kańczuga
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +2986
- Area
- +7.61
- Elevation
- +220
- Official website
- kanczuga.internetdsl.pl
- Image
- Kańczuga, rynek (HB3).jpg
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Kańczuga () is a town in Przeworsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, with a population of 3,187 inhabitants on 2 June 2009. The town was an early centre of the Polish automobile industry. Buses based on Fiat 621R and used in Kraków had bodywork fitted in Kańczuga. Today, the town is known for the restoration of old SAABs.
==History== Kańczuga was first mentioned in documents from 1340, when it was part of Red Ruthenia. At that time, the village belonged to the noble Pilecki family. In the second half of the 14th century, Elżbieta Pilecka, the daughter of Kańczuga's founder Otton of Pilcza, married a nobleman from Greater Poland, Wincenty Granowski, and after his death, she married King Władysław II Jagiełło.