Radymno

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Radymno
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Radymno
Coordinates: 49°57′0″N 22°48′59″E / 49.95000°N 22.81639°E / 49.95000; 22.81639
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Subcarpathian
County Jarosław
Gmina Radymno (urban gmina)
Founded 1366
City rights 1431
Government
  Mayor Wiesław Pirożek
Area
  Total 13.59 km2 (5.25 sq mi)
Elevation 202.5 m (664.4 ft)
Population (2006)
  Total 5,603
  Density 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 37-550
Car plates RJA
Website http://www.radymno.pl/index.php

Radymno [raˈdɨmnɔ] (Ukrainian: Радимно, Radymno) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 5,543 inhabitants (02.06.2009).[1] It has been part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since its creation in 1999. Radymno was previously in the Przemyśl Voivodeship from 19751998.

History

In the middle of 18th century, the settlement had a population of 860 Roman Catholics, 196 people of Greek Catholic faith, and 26 Jews.[2]

As a result of the first of Partitions of Poland (Treaty of St-Petersburg dated 5 July 1772, Radymno (and the Galicia) was attributed to the Habsburg Monarchy.[3] It was part of the Bezirkshauptmannschaft Jaroslau (Jarosław County).[4]

For more details, see the article Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.

Austrian Jubilee pair cancelled in 1912

External links

References

  1. "Population. Size and structure by territorial division". © 1995-2009 Central Statistical Office 00-925 Warsaw, Al. Niepodległości 208. 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
  2. J. Motylkiewicz. "Ethnic Communities in the Towns of the Polish-Ukrainian Borderland in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries". C. M. Hann, P. R. Magocsi ed. Galicia: A Multicultured Land. University of Toronto Press. 2005. p. 37.
  3. Atlas des peuples d'Europe centrale, André et Jean Sellier, 1991, p.88
  4. Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967

Coordinates: 49°57′N 22°49′E / 49.950°N 22.817°E / 49.950; 22.817


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