Konstantynów Łódzki is a
town in
Pabianice County
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Pabianice County ( pl, powiat pabianicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government refo ...
,
Łódź Voivodeship,
Poland, with 18,335 inhabitants (2020).
It borders
Łódź to the east,
Lutomiersk
Lutomiersk is a town in Pabianice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lutomiersk. It lies approximately north-west of Pabianice and west of the regional capital ...
to the west,
Aleksandrów Łódzki to the north, and
Porszewice to the south. It was founded in the 1820s by a landowner who had planned to build a
textile industry there. It was incorporated in 1924.
In 1821 Konstantynów Łódzki, at that time still a village, became a part of the textile industry of the Łódź region. Shortly thereafter, in 1824 the town was given its current name and was established as a town in 1830.
Notable residents
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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (born 1950), Polish-American chemist,
Wolf Prize winner
References
External links
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Konstantynów Łódzki chapterof th
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ttp://www.konstantynowlodzkijewishcemetery.com/home-1.htmlKonstantynów Łódzki Jewish Cemetery Restoration
Cities and towns in Łódź Voivodeship
Pabianice County
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