Ruda is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Sędziszów Małopolski, within
Ropczyce-Sędziszów County
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Ropczyce-Sędziszów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ref ...
,
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Subcarpathian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshal, it is governed by the Subcarpathian Regional As ...
, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of
Sędziszów Małopolski, north-east of
Ropczyce, and north-west of the regional capital
Rzeszów
Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C ...
.
Ruda lies on the
Tuszymka river, a tributary of the
Wisłoka river.
In the past this area was known for
iron
Iron is a chemical element; it has symbol Fe () and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's o ...
smelting
Smelting is a process of applying heat and a chemical reducing agent to an ore to extract a desired base metal product. It is a form of extractive metallurgy that is used to obtain many metals such as iron-making, iron, copper extraction, copper ...
and
iron
Iron is a chemical element; it has symbol Fe () and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's o ...
goods. In fact, the name of the village ‘Ruda’ (
Polish: ''‘ruda’ ≈ red'') comes from the red
iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the f ...
which was mined in this area.
[''Kłos, Stanisław''. “Wojewodztwo Rzeszowskie Przewodnik″, page 163 Sport i Turystyka, 1969.]
Notable people
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Stanisław Kot (1885–1975), Polish historian and politician, was born in Ruda.
References
Populated riverside places in Poland
Villages in Ropczyce-Sędziszów County
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