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Żyrardów
Sign in to saveŻyrardów is a town and former industrial hub in central Poland with approximately 41,400 inhabitants (2006). It is the capital of Żyrardów County in the Masovian Voivodeship, west of Warsaw.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Żyrardów
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Żyrardów flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Żyrardów COA.svg
- Settlement.nickname
- Little Łódź
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland Masovian Voivodeship#Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Żyrardów County
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Żyrardów (urban gmina)
- Settlement.leader_title
- City mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Lucjan Krzysztof Chrzanowski
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1830
- Settlement.established_title3
- City rights
- Settlement.established_date3
- 1916
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban municipality of Poland
- Named after
- Philippe de Girard
- Country
- Poland
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 39374
- Area
- 14.35
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.zyrardow.pl
- Image
- Stara Przędzalnia.jpg
- Licence plate code
- WZY
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- twinned administrative body
- Delčevo
- Commons category
- Żyrardów
- Commons gallery
- Żyrardów
- topic's main category
- Category:Żyrardów
- inception
- 1830-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Żyrardów
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Żyrardów
- postal code
- 96-300
- male population
- 18476
- female population
- 20898
- P8168
- Antwerpen
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Origins
- Labour movement
- World War II
- Post-war period
- Monuments
- Education
- Sport
- Notable people
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- References
- External links
Żyrardów is a town and former industrial hub in central Poland with approximately 41,400 inhabitants (2006). It is the capital of Żyrardów County in the Masovian Voivodeship, west of Warsaw.
==Etymology== Żyrardów, initially a textile settlement, was named after French engineer and inventor Philippe de Girard, who worked in the area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Żyrardów” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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