Dukla

Palace in Dukla

Coat of arms

Dukla

Coordinates: 49°34′N 21°41′E / 49.567°N 21.683°E

Country

Poland

Area

• Total

5.48 km² (2.12 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

2,136

• Density

390/km² (1,000/sq mi)

Postal code

38-450

Website

http://www.dukla.pl

Dukla [ˈdukla] is a town and an eponymous municipality in southeastern Poland, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. The town is populated by 2,127 people (02.06.2009). while the total population of the commune (gmina) containing the town and the villages surrounding it is 16,640. The total area of the commune is 333.04 square kilometres (128.59 sq mi). Dukla belongs to Lesser Poland, and until the Partitions of Poland it was part of Biecz County, Kraków Voivodeship.

The town lies on the Jasiołka river, at the foot of the Cergowa mountain (716 meters above sea level), in the Low Beskids. Dukla is located south of Krosno, along European route E371, which goes from Radom to Presov. The Dukla mountain pass is located in the Carpathians, a few kilometers south of the town, on the border with Slovakia and was a scene of a major battle in 1944.

First Slavic settlers appeared in the area of Dukla probably in the 5th or 6th century. It is not known which tribe settled here, and most probably, Dukla belonged for some time to Great Moravia, although it is not documented. Some time in the 10th century, Dukla was annexed by the early Polish state, ruled by the Polans. In the nearby village of Wietrzno there was a defensive gord, whose traces can still be seen.

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