Lublin
Lublin is a city in eastern Poland. It's in the Lublin Voivodeship. It has an area of 147.5 km2. About 354,000 people live in Lublin. It is the largest Polish city east of the Vistula River. The Bystrzyca river, a tributary of the Wieprz river, passes through the city and divides it into two parts: western, with a more varied relief with loess gorges, and eastern, which is flat. In the southern part of the city there is the artificial Zemborzyce Lake created by damming Bystrzyca. It is on the route between Vilnius and Kraków.
Lublin | |
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Clockwise from top: panorama of the Old Town; Mannerist tenements at the Market Square; Krakowskie Przedmieście Street; Royal Castle; and Krakowska Gate | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Fidelitatem et Constantinam (in Latin) Wiernością i Stałością (in Polish)[1] | |
  Lublin | |
| Coordinates: 51°15′N 22°34′E / 51.250°N 22.567°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Lublin |
| Powiat | City County (Capital of Lublin County but not part of it) |
| Established | before 12th century |
| City rights | 1317 |
| City Hall | Lublin New Town Hall |
| Districts | 27 boroughs |
| Government | |
| • City mayor | Krzysztof Żuk (PO) |
| Area | |
| • City | 147 km2 (57 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2021) | |
| • City | 336,339  (9th)[2] |
| • Density | 2,310/km2 (6,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 664,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 20-001 to 20-999 |
| Area code | +48 81 |
| Car plates | LU |
| Primary airport | Lublin Airport |
| Highways |    |
| Website | www |
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It was started in the 6th or 7th century. City walls were built in the 1340s. The Lublin Parliament session of 1569 led to the union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania which became the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was an important national centre of Arianism. it was ruined in the wars of the 17th century.[3]
The National Museum, Lublin is now in the Lublin Castle which was started in the 12th century.
There are five public universities:
- Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
- John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
- Medical University of Lublin
- University of Life Sciences in Lublin
- Politechnika Lubelska
Lublin Airport (Port Lotniczy Lublin) (IATA: LUZ) is about 10 km (6.2 miles) SE of Lublin. Trains go from Lublin Główny railway station to the major cities in Poland. There are local trains. It is is one of only four towns in Poland to have trolleybuses.
References
change- ↑ "Interpelacja w sprawie mozliwosci i stanu realizacji postulatow" (pdf) (in Polish). Przewodniczago Rady Miasta Lublin. August 19, 2013. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 18 July 2022. Data for territorial unit 0663000.
- ↑ "Local history - Information about the town - Lublin - Virtual Shtetl". Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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