Jasło
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian | ||
| County | Jasło County | ||
| Gmina | Jasło (urban gmina) | ||
| Established | 12th century | ||
| Town rights | 1365 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Marek Grabowy | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 36.65 km² (14.2 sq mi) | ||
| Highest elevation | 380 m (1,247 ft) | ||
| Lowest elevation | 225 m (738 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 37,768 | ||
| - Density | 1,030.5/km² (2,669/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 38-200 to 38-211 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 13 | ||
| Car plates | RJS | ||
| Website: http://www.jaslo.pl/ | |||
Jasło [ˈjaswɔ] (
listen) (German: Jassel, Jessel 1325 [1]) is a county town in south-eastern Poland with 38,104 inhabitants. It is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Krosno Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is located in the heartland of the Doły (Pits), and its average altitude is 320 metres above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city. Patron of Jasło is Saint Anthony of Padua.
The name derives from Old Polish common word for the "manger" or "trough [trof]" which sounded "jasło" < *jesło (before the Lechitic umlaut). Plausibly, it comes from the Slavonic verb "to eat" - "jeść" < *jesti. The Modern Polish equivalent is "żłób" or more seldom "koryto" and the word "jasło" is forgotten in this meaning.
Jaslo is an important railroad junction of southeastern Poland, with trains going into three directions - eastwards (to Zagorz), westwards (to Stróże) and northeast, to Rzeszow. Another line, along the Wisloka to Debica, was planned in the interebellum period. Construction on it began in 1938, but it was never completed because of World War Two.
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[edit] Education
- Wyższa Szkoła Hotelarstwa i Turystyki
[edit] Notable people
Born in the area:
- Henryk Dobrzański
- Ignacy Kruszewski
- Hugo Steinhaus
- Cezary Geroń
- Karol Irzykowski
- Paweł Zagumny
- Piotr Feliks
- Cecilia Krieger
Associated with:
[edit] Sister Cities
Makó, Hungary
Trebišov, Slovakia- Bardejov, Slovakia
Truskawiec, Ukraine
Camposampiero, Italy
Prague, Czech Republic
[edit] References
- ^ prof. Maria Malec. Słownik nazw geograficznych Polski. 2003. WN PWN. 2007. ISBN 83-01-13857-2
[edit] External links
- Official Site of Jasło
- www.JASLO.org Information from Jasło
- www.jaa.pl Jasielski Serwis Rozrywkowy Jaslo For You
- www.eJaslo.pl Regional Portal
- Jasło on Wikimapia
- www.ZiemiaJasielska.pl - tourism in Jasło county!
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