Jedlnia-Letnisko is a town in

Radom County Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the seat of a separate Radom Voivodeship (1975–1 ...

Masovian Voivodeship The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. The ...

, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the administrative

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district called

Gmina Jedlnia-Letnisko __NOTOC__ Gmina Jedlnia-Letnisko is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Jedlnia-Letnisko, which lies approximately east of Radom and south of Warsaw. T ...

. It lies approximately east of

Radom Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the seat of a separate Radom Voivodeship (1975–1 ...

and south of

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. The village has a population of 3,692.

Recreational centre

Jedlnia-Letnisko is a popular tourist centre in

. There are two walking trails and three bicycle trails leading through the ''Jedlnia'' Nature Reserve (86,42 ha), along the edge of the densely forested

Kozienice Landscape Park Kozienice Landscape Park ( pl, Kozienicki Park Krajobrazowy) is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in east-central Poland, established in 1983, covering an area of .natural monument A natural monument is a natural or natural/cultural feature of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities or cultural significance. Under World Commission on Protected Areas guidelines, nat ...

s of the Jedlnia Nature Reserve is the Kościuszo Beech, an over 180-year-old

European beech ''Fagus sylvatica'', the European beech or common beech is a deciduous tree belonging to the beech family Fagaceae. Description ''Fagus sylvatica'' is a large tree, capable of reaching heights of up to tall and trunk diameter, though mor ...

tree, named after Polish national hero

Tadeusz Kościuszko Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko ( be, Andréj Tadévuš Banavientúra Kasciúška, en, Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; 4 or 12 February 174615 October 1817) was a Polish Military engineering, military engineer, statesman, an ...

History

During the

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(

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), the occupiers operated a

forced labour Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...

camp in Jedlnia-Letnisko.

Transport

The town is located at the intersection of

Voivodeship road According to classes and categories of public roads in Poland, a voivodeship road ( pl, droga wojewódzka) is a category of roads one step below national roads in importance. The roads are numbered from 100 to 993. Total length of voivodeship r ...

s (roads of regional importance) 699 and 737, and there is also a train station there. Route 26 of the

city bus network operates selected trips from Radom via Rajec Poduchowny, Antoniówka, Wrzosów and Siczki to a terminus located at the railway station since 3 January 2022.

Gallery

Zalew w Jedlni Letnisko20.JPG, Recreational

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in Jedlnia-Letnisko at the edge of

Kozienice Landscape Park Kozienice Landscape Park ( pl, Kozienicki Park Krajobrazowy) is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in east-central Poland, established in 1983, covering an area of . Jedlnia Letnisko official webpage, including brief history

Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship Radom County {{Radom-geo-stub