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| Starosty in Jaslo, Gazebo in City Park, Palace, Parish Church, Church of Sts. Stanislaus, Promenade and historic buildings, Jewish Cemetery, Tadeusz Kosciuszko Monument | |||
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Jasło
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| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian | ||
| County | Jasło County | ||
| Gmina | Jasło (urban gmina) | ||
| Established | 12th century | ||
| Town rights | 1365 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Andrzej Czernecki | ||
| 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 in 1325[1]) is a county town in south-eastern Poland with 37,343 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009.[2] 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. The Patron Saint of Jasło is Saint Anthony of Padua.
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18 February 1846 - beginning of the Galician peasant revolt. The massacre, led by Jakub Szela (born in Smarżowa), is also known as the Galician Massacre, and began on 18 February 1846. This led to the "Galician Slaughter," in which many nobles and their families were murdered by peasants. Szela units surrounded and attacked manor houses and settlements located in three counties - Sanok, Jasło and Tarnów. The revolt got out of hand and the Austrians had to put it down.
Jasło was almost completely destroyed during World War II.[3]
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.
Jasło is an important railroad junction of southeastern Poland, with trains going into three directions - eastwards (to Zagorz), westwards (to Stróże) and northeast, to Rzeszów. Another line, along the Wisłoka to Dębica, was planned in the interebellum period. Construction on it began in 1938, but it was never completed because of World War II.
Jasło has a population that includes Roman Catholics, Greek Catholics, non-Catholics [presumably Protestants], and a small Jewish population. However, it is mainly Roman Catholic, and contains 9 Catholic Churches.
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