Leżajsk
Sign in to saveLeżajsk (; ; ), officially the Free Royal City of Leżajsk (), is a town in southeastern Poland with 13,871 inhabitants. Since 1999, it has been situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and is the capital of Leżajsk County.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Leżajsk
- Settlement.official_name
- Free Royal City of Leżajsk
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- Ratusz - Lezajsk.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 285px
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- Town Hall and market square
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- POL Leżajsk COA.svg
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- Poland
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- bottom
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- Country
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- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 22px Subcarpathian
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 22px Leżajsk
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Leżajsk (urban gmina)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Krzysztof Trębacz
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 20.29
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- History
- Jewish community
- Mayors and heads of the city after World War II
- Location
- Landmarks
- Sports
- Notable residents
- Gallery
- References
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Leżajsk (; ; ), officially the Free Royal City of Leżajsk (), is a town in southeastern Poland with 13,871 inhabitants. Since 1999, it has been situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and is the capital of Leżajsk County.
Leżajsk is famed for its Bernadine basilica and monastery, built by the architect Antonio Pellacini. The basilica contains a highly regarded pipe organ from the second half of the 17th century and organ recitals take place there. It stands as one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated April 20, 2005, and tracked by the National Heritage Board of Poland. Leżajsk is also home of the Leżajsk brewery. The town is crossed by a forest creek ‘Jagoda’.