Skierniewice

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Skierniewice

Railway station

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Skierniewice

Coordinates: 51°57′10″N 20°8′30″E / 51.95278, 20.14167

Country

Poland

City county

Skierniewice

Established

before 1217

Town rights

1457

Government

- Mayor

Leszek Trębski

Area

- Total

32.6 km² (12.6 sq mi)

Population (2007)

- Total

49,132

- Density

1,507.1/km² (3,903.4/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

- Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

96-100

Area code(s)

+48 46

Car plates

Website: http://www.skierniewice.net.pl

Skierniewice rail station (1872)

Skierniewice [skjɛrɲɛˈvit͡sɛ] is a town in central Poland with 49,132 inhabitants (2007), 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 half-way between Łódź and Warsaw.

Skierniewice gained municipal rights in 1457. It has a famous railway station that used to be a part of historical Warsaw-Vienna Railway. On September 15, 1884 it was the setting for the meeting of the Three Emperors' League.

Famous people connected with Skierniewice region:

Nobel Prize Winner for Literature Władysław Reymont
world-renowned pianist Frédéric Chopin
Jan Kozietulski, a military commander of the armed forces of the Duchy of Warsaw
Ignacy Krasicki, a Roman Catholic archbishop and a writer

1 Education
2 Politics
- 2.1 Piotrkow Trybunalski/Skierniewice constituency
- 2.2 Municipal politics
3 Twin towns

[edit] Education

Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna

[edit] Politics

[edit] Piotrkow Trybunalski/Skierniewice constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Piotrkow/Skierniewice constituency in 2005

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

This is believed to be one of the places where the Guzowski / Guzovsky family was born from a place called Guzów.

[edit] Twin towns

Gera, Chatelaillon - Plage, Purgstall, Náměšť na Hané, Levice, Szentes

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v • d • e Counties of Łódź Voivodeship

City counties: Łódź (capital) • Piotrków Trybunalski • Skierniewice Land counties: Bełchatów • Brzeziny • Kutno • Łask • Łęczyca • Łódź East • Łowicz • Opoczno • Pabianice • Pajęczno • Piotrków • Poddębice • Radomsko • Rawa • Sieradz • Skierniewice • Tomaszów Mazowiecki • Wieluń • Wieruszów • Zduńska Wola • Zgierz

v • d • e Skierniewice County

Rural gminas: Gmina Bolimów • Gmina Głuchów • Gmina Godzianów • Gmina Kowiesy • Gmina Lipce Reymontowskie • Gmina Maków • Gmina Nowy Kawęczyn • Gmina Skierniewice • Gmina Słupia Seat (not part of the county): Skierniewice