Frampol

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Frampol
Coat of arms of Frampol
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Frampol (Poland)
Frampol
Frampol
Coordinates: 50°41′N 22°40′E / 50.683, 22.667
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Lublin
County Biłgoraj
Gmina Frampol
Government
 - Mayor Tadeusz Niedźwiecki
Area
 - Total 4.67 km² (1.8 sq mi)
Elevation 245 m (804 ft)
Population (2006)
 - Total 1,415
 - Density 303/km² (784.8/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 23-440
Car plates LBL
Website: http://www.frampol.pl

Frampol [ˈframpɔl] is a town in Poland, in Lublin Voivodeship, in Biłgoraj County. It has 1,440 inhabitants (2004).

The town was founded in 1705, with a unique, highly symmetric layout of streets in the shape of concentric rectangles around a large central square. In 1869 it lost its official status as a town, to recover it only in 1993. During World War II 90% of the town's buildings were destroyed in a raid carried out by the Luftwaffe on September 13, 1939. During the German occupation the town's significant Jewish community perished in the Holocaust. The town never fully recovered - its population today is less than half of what it was before the war.

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Coordinates: 50°40′25″N, 22°40′05″E