Wieluń

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Pl. Legionów (Old Square)
Pl. Legionów (Old Square)


Wieluń
Skyline of Wieluń
Flag of Wieluń
Flag		 Coat of arms of Wieluń
Coat of arms
Wieluń (Poland)
Wieluń
Wieluń
Coordinates: 51°13′21″N 18°34′26″E / 51.2225, 18.57389
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Łódź
County Wieluń County
Gmina Gmina Wieluń
Town rights 1283
Government
 - Mayor Mieczysław Piotr Majcher
Area
 - Total 16.9 km² (6.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 24,347
 - Density 1,440.7/km² (3,731.3/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 98-300
Area code(s) +48 43
Car plates EWI
Website: http://www.wielun.eu/

Wieluń [ˈvjɛluɲ] is a town in central Poland with 24,347 inhabitants (2006). Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), it was previously in Sieradz Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is twinned with Letterkenny, Ireland.

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[edit] History

On September 1, 1939, the town was bombed by the German Luftwaffe, which was one of the earliest actions of World War II. German bombers destroyed most of the town centre (including a clearly marked hospital and the historic Gothic church) and killed approximately 1,200 civilians. Approximately 75% of all the buildings in Wieluń were destroyed.

[edit] Transport

Main road connections from the Wieluń include connection with Warsaw (to the north-east) and Wrocław (to the west) via the European route E67 (National Road 8 ). There are also two anothter national roads number 43 to Częstochowa and 45 to Opole and Łódź.

There are also two voivodeship roads starting from Wieluń: road number 481 (going north-east) to Łask and road number 486 (going south-east) to Radomsko.

Rail connection links Wieluń to Poznań and Katowice. There are two rail stops in the Wieluń.

[edit] Districts

  • Downtown
  • Armii Krajowej housing estate
  • Bugaj housing estate
  • Kopernika housing estate
  • Stare Sady housing estate
  • Wyszyńskiego housing estate
  • Wojska Polskiego housing estate
  • "Za szpitalem" housing estate
  • Niedzielsko
  • Chrusty
  • Berlinek
  • Stodolniana housing estate
  • Moniuszki housing estate
  • Podszubienice
  • Kijak
  • Błonie

[edit] Twin towns

Wieluń is twinned with:

[edit] Historical views

War damages
War damages
War damages
War damages


[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 51°13′N, 18°34′E

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