Józefów nad Wisłą () is a small
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in
Opole Lubelskie County,
Lublin Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in the southeastern part of the country, with its capital being the city of Lublin.
The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lu ...
, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
(administrative district) called
Gmina Józefów nad Wisłą. It lies approximately south-west of
Opole Lubelskie and south-west of the regional capital
Lublin
Lublin is List of cities and towns in Poland, the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the centre of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin i ...
.
Józefów nad Wisłą lies on the
Vistula
The Vistula (; ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length. Its drainage basin, extending into three other countries apart from Poland, covers , of which is in Poland.
The Vistula rises at Barania Góra i ...
river.
The town has a population of 1,023, and in 1687–1870 it had a status of a town, regained in 2018.
Twin towns
Józefów nad Wisłą is
twinned with:
*
Auce
Auce (; ; ) is a town in Dobele Municipality, in the Semigallia region of Latvia. It is situated near the Lithuanian border.
History
Before the 13th century, the territory of Auce was a part of a Semigallians, Semigallian Spārnene county.
Aft ...
, Latvia
*
Hollóháza, Hungary
*
Tryńcza, Poland
Gallery
File:Corpus Christi church in Jozefow nad Wisła A7032 02.JPG,
References
Cities and towns in Lublin Voivodeship
{{OpoleLubelskie-geo-stub