Pruchnik

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Pruchnik
Town
Pruchnik
Coordinates: 49°55′N 22°31′E / 49.917°N 22.517°E / 49.917; 22.517
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Subcarpathian
County Jarosław
Gmina Pruchnik
Population 3,519
Website http://www.pruchnik.com.pl

Pruchnik ([ˈpruxɲik]) is a town in Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Pruchnik. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Jarosław and 39 km (24 mi) east of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]

The town has a population of 3,519. Pruchnik gained town rights around 1370; the status of town was lost in 1934, but restored as of 1 January 2011.

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Coordinates: 49°55′N 22°31′E / 49.917°N 22.517°E / 49.917; 22.517

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