Skierniewice
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| Skierniewice | |
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| (Flag) | (Coat of arms) |
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| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Łódź Voivodship |
| Municipal government | Rada Miasta Skierniewice |
| Mayor | Leszek Trębski |
| Area | 33 km² |
| Population - city - urban - density |
49 038 1500/km² |
| City rights | 1457 |
| Latitude Longitude |
51°58' N 20°09' E |
| Area code | +48 46 |
| Car plates | ES |
| Twin towns | Gera, Chatelaillon - Plage, Purgstall, Náměšť na Hané, Levice, Szentes |
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Skierniewice - a town in central Poland with 47,900 inhabitants (1995), gained municipal rights in 1457. Situated in the Łódź Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Skierniewice Voivodship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Skierniewice County. The town is situated almost exactly in between Łódź and Warsaw. It has a famous railway station that used to be a part of historical Warsaw-Vienna Railway.
Famous people connected with Skierniewice region:
- Nobel Prize Winner for Literature Władysław Reymont
- worldly renowned pianist Frédéric Chopin
- Jan Kozietulski, b. in Skierniewice, a military commander and an officer of the armed forces of the Duchy of Warsaw during the Napoleonic Wars
- Ignacy Krasicki, a Polish prince of the Roman Catholic Church and a writer
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[edit] Education
- Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna
[edit] Politics
[edit] Piotrkow Trybunalski/Skierniewice constituency
Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Piotrkow/Skierniewice constituency
- Bujak Bogdan, SLD-UP
- Jagieliński Roman, SLD-UP
- Kędziak Tadeusz, LPR
- Kwaśniewska Dorota, Samoobrona
- Łyżwiński Stanisław, Samoobrona
- Musiał Zbigniew, SLD-UP
- Radziszewska Elżbieta, PO
- Sobotka Zbigniew, SLD-UP
- Wojciechowski Janusz, PSL
[edit] Municipal politics
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