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Coordinates: 51°28′N, 22°36′E
Lubartów [luˈbartuf] is a town in eastern Poland, with 23,000 inhabitants (2004), situated in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the capital of Lubartów County and the Lubartów Commune.
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It was established in 1543 by Piotr Firlej under a founding order issued by King Sigismund the Old. The town's original name was, until 1744, "Lewartów." As well as being important economically, the town was also a center of Protestant culture and education.
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[edit] Noted residents:
- Klemens Junosz Szaniawski
- Agata Budzyńska
- Bolesław Prus
- Honorat Koźmiński
- Jan Kochanowski
- Ludwik Stanisław Liciński
- Rafał Patyra
- Paweł Wilkowicz
- Bogdan Kacmajor
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