Janów Podlaski (; be, Янаў Падляскі, Janaŭ Padliaski) is a town in
Biała Podlaska County,
Lublin Voivodeship
The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province ( Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, C ...
, in eastern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
, close to the border with
Belarus
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.
It is the seat of the
gmina (administrative district) called
Gmina Janów Podlaski
Gmina Janów Podlaski is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. Its seat is the village of Janów Podlaski, which lies approximately north of Biał ...
. It lies approximately north of
Biała Podlaska and north-east of the regional capital
Lublin.
The town has a population of 2700.
Football Team is called Janowia Janów Podlaski.
The state
stud farm
A stud farm or stud in animal husbandry is an establishment for selective breeding of livestock. The word " stud" comes from the Old English ''stod'' meaning "herd of horses, place where horses are kept for breeding". Historically, documentation ...
, also called Janów Podlaski, or simply Janów, was a world-renowned
horse breeding establishment that specializes in the purebred
Arabian horse.
References
Villages in Biała Podlaska County
Siedlce Governorate
Kholm Governorate
Lublin Voivodeship (1919–1939)
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