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ﾅ「kﾃｳw
ﾅ「kﾃｳw is a city in eastern Poland with 30,727 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2005). Since 1999, it has been situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, previously it had belonged to the Siedlce Voivodeship (between 1975窶1998). It is the capital of ﾅ「kﾃｳw County. The town has an area of , of which forests make up 13%. ﾅ「kﾃｳw is located on the Southern Krzna river, at approximately 160 meters Above mean sea level, above sea level. For 500 years ﾅ「kﾃｳw, together with neighboring towns Siedlce and Radzyﾅ Podlaski, was part of Lesser Poland, and was located in the extreme northeastern corner of the province. Some time in the 19th century, it became associated with another historical region of Poland, Podlasie. Etymology The name of the town first appeared in documents in 1233 (''Castelani nostri de Lucow''). ﾅ「kﾃｳw comes from Old Slavic word ''ﾅＶk'', which means "a place located in a wetland". History ﾅ「kﾃｳw was established as a Gord (archaeology), grod, around the year 1233. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
ﾅ「kﾃｳw County
__NOTOC__ ﾅ「kﾃｳw County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is ﾅ「kﾃｳw, which lies north of the regional capital Lublin. The only other town in the county is Stoczek ﾅ「kowski, lying west of ﾅ「kﾃｳw. The county covers an area of . As of 2019, its total population is 107,144, including 29,885, in ﾅ「kﾃｳw, 2.520in Stoczek ﾅ「kowski, and a rural population is 74.739. ﾅ「kﾃｳw County in the past Lukow Land (Polish: ''ziemia ﾅＶkowska'', Latin: ''Terra Lucoviensis'', ''Districtus Lucoviensis'') or Lukow powiat, County was an administrative unit (ziemia) of both the Kingdom of Poland (1385窶1569), Kingdom of Poland and the Polish窶鏑ithuanian Commonwealth. With seat in the town of Lukow, it was located in extreme northeastern corner of Lesser Poland, and until 1474 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |