Adamów, Łuków County
| Adamów | |
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| Village | |
 Adamów
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| Coordinates: 51°45′N 22°15′E / 51.750°N 22.250°E | |
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Łuków |
| Gmina | Adamów |
| Population | 2,100 |
Adamów [aˈdamuf] is a village in Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Adamów. It lies in northeastern corner of historic Lesser Poland, approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-west of Łuków and 60 km (37 mi) north of the regional capital Lublin.
In 2005 the village had a population of 2,100. It is divided into two sołectwos: Adamów I and Adamów II. Formerly, between 1539 and 1870, Adamów had the status of a town. Next to the village flows the Motwica river. Adamów is the seat of a Roman Catholic parish of Holy Cross.
The history of Adamów dates back to the year 1539, when King Sigismund I the Old issued a charter to a town called Jadaromin, whose name was later changed to Adamów. At that time, it belonged to the brothers Adam and Hieronim Rusiecki, who in 1545 founded here a parish church. In 1569, during the Polish Golden Age, Adamów had the population of 415, and by 1576, the population grew to app. 700. Until the Partitions of Poland, Adamów was part of the Land of Stezyca, Sandomierz Voivodeship. In 1795 - 1807 it was part of the Habsburg Empire, and in 1815 - 1915, it belonged to the Russian-controlled Congress Poland.
Following the January Uprising, Adamów was stripped of town charter (1869). At that time, its population was app. 1,000, with 90 houses. The village remained in private hands, and in 1869, its gmina was moved to nearby Gulow, to return to Adamów in 1880.
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