Mielec

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Mielec

(Flag)	(Coat of arms)

Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
Municipal government	Rada miasta Mielca
Mayor	Janusz Chodorowski
Area	47,36 km²
Population - city - urban - density	62,954 (2004) 1329,3/km²
Founded	13th century
City rights	1470
Latitude Longitude	50°17' N 21°26' E
Car plates	RMI
Twin towns	Douchy-les-Mines, Löhne, Mukaczewo, Tiszaföldvár, Vila Nova de Poiares
Municipal Website

Mielec is a town in south-eastern Poland with 63,300 inhabitants (2003).

Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Wojewodztwo Podkarpackie)(since 1999), previously in Rzeszów Voivodeship (1975-1998).

1 Education
2 Sports
3 History
4 External links

[edit] Education

Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki i Zarządzania

[edit] Sports

Stal Mielec - men's soccer:
- Participating in Poland's Ekstraklasa Premier League: 1st place in 1972/73 season; 1st place in 1975/76 season; 2nd place in 1974/75 season; 3rd place in 1973/74 season; 3rd place in 1983/84 season.
- Participating in Polish Cup: finalist in 1976 season
- Participating in UEFA Cup: quarter-finalist in 1975/76 season
- Participating in European Champions Cup: first round elimination in 1973/74 season; first round elimination in 1976/77 season
- Notable players: Grzegorz Lato, Henryk Kasperczak, Andrzej Szarmach, Jan Domarski

Telenet Polska Autopart Mielec - women's volleyball team playing in Polish Seria A Women's Volleyball League: 3rd place in 2003/04 season.

[edit] History

First mentioned in a papal bull in 1229. In 1457 it obtained its city charter. Mielec became part of the Austrian empire in 1772, in which it remained until Poland regained its independence in 1918.

In the years 1937-1939 a large aviation factory of the PZL company was set up in the town. It developed further after 1945 into the largest aviation factory in Poland under the name WSK Mielec (Wytwornia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego, in English Transport Equipment Manufacturing Centre) . At first, the factory produced Soviet-designed planes under license. Thus it was the primary production site of the widely used An-2 transport plane. It also manufactured Polish versions of the Mig-15 and Mig-17 fighters. The factory also built planes designed in Poland such as the trainer plane TS-11 Iskra used by Poland and India. In 1998 the company changed its name to PZL-Mielec (Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze, in English Polish Aviation Works). After 1989 and the economic changes due to the fall of communism, the factory orders declined and it has encountered serious financial difficulties. It continues to produce successful aircraft types, but at much lower volumes than during the Cold War. Mielec has formal friendship links with Newark-on Trent, Nottinghamshire, UK. Newark is the original burial place of General Władysław Sikorski, the Polish war time leader who was buried amongst many of his fellow Poles who gave their lives fighting for freedom. General Sikorski's remains have now been returned to Poland where they are interred with other heroes in Kraków.