Żarnów
Sign in to saveŻarnów is a town in Opoczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Żarnów. It lies approximately south-west of Opoczno and south-east of the regional capital Łódź.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Żarnów is referenced by 72 other articles, and connects out to Poland, World War II and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in PL, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Cities and towns in Łódź Voivodeship, Holocaust locations in Poland and Opoczno County.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Żarnów
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kościół św. Mikołaja.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Romanesque church of Saint Nicholas
- Settlement.image_shield
- Herb Żarnowa.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Łódź
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Opoczno
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Żarnów
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.population_total
- 870
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Żarnów
- Population
- 1072
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Gmina Żarnów
- Official website
- www.zarnow.prv.pl
- Image
- JKruk 20120424 ZARNOW IMG 6354.jpg
- Licence plate code
- EOP
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- Commons category
- Żarnów, powiat opoczyński
- postal code
- 26-330
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- male population
- 530
- female population
- 542
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Points of interest
- Transport
- References
- External links
Żarnów is a town in Opoczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Żarnów. It lies approximately south-west of Opoczno and south-east of the regional capital Łódź.
The town belongs to historic region of Lesser Poland. Its name most probably comes from the phrase miejsce żarne - burned-out area, and refers to burning of forests in ancient times, to make fields. Żarnów has a long history, in the early years of Polish state it was a major urban center of the country. The first written mention of the settlement dates from 1065.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Żarnów” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations