Połaniec
Sign in to savePołaniec is a town in Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 8,406 inhabitants (2012). The town is in Lesser Poland, and its history dates back to the early days of Polish statehood. It lies in the western part of the Sandomierz Basin, a few kilometres north of the Vistula, along the National Road Nr. 79, from Bytom to Warsaw. The town has a railway station serving a secondary line, nr. 75 from Rytwiany to Połaniec.
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Place details
- Locality
- Połaniec
- Region
- województwo świętokrzyskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 8,158
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Połaniec
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL gmina Połaniec flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Połaniec COA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kościół par. p.w. św. Marcina od zach. str..jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Saint Martin's Church
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Świętokrzyskie
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Staszów
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Połaniec
- Settlement.parts
- Townships' List
- Settlement.parts_type
- Parts of town
- Settlement.p1
- Barszczówka
- Settlement.p2
- Daszyn
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Połaniec
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Połaniec
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 7702
- Area
- 17.41
- Elevation
- 166.3
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Vistula
- Capital of
- Gmina Połaniec
- Official website
- portal.polaniec.eu
- Image
- MOs810 WG 38 2024 (Wisła - Pogórze) Market Square in Połaniec 05.jpg
- Licence plate code
- TSZ
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- twinned administrative body
- Stará Ľubovňa
- Commons category
- Połaniec
- Commons gallery
- Połaniec
- inception
- 1191-00-00
- different from
- Gmina Połaniec
- postal code
- 28 - 230
- native label
- Połaniec
- male population
- 3760
- female population
- 3942
- P12749
- 1308
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Połaniec is a town in Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 8,406 inhabitants (2012). The town is in Lesser Poland, and its history dates back to the early days of Polish statehood. It lies in the western part of the Sandomierz Basin, a few kilometres north of the Vistula, along the National Road Nr. 79, from Bytom to Warsaw. The town has a railway station serving a secondary line, nr. 75 from Rytwiany to Połaniec.
The Połaniec Power Station is one of the largest (1800 MW) coal-fired power plants in Poland and, since 2012, one of the largest biomass plants in the world. It is located outside the town, in the nearby village of Zawada.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Połaniec” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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