Józefów, Biłgoraj County
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Józefów skyline as seen from the quarry.
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 Józefów
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| Coordinates: 50°29′N 23°3′E / 50.483°N 23.050°E | ||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Lublin | |
| County | Biłgoraj | |
| Gmina | Józefów | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Roman Dziura | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5.00 km2 (1.93 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 2,450 | |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 23-460 | |
| Car plates | LBL | |
| Website | http://www.jozefow.miasto.woi.lublin.pl | |
Józefów pronounced [juˈzɛfuf'] also called Józefów Biłgorajski, Józefów Ordynacki and Józefów Roztoczański, is a town in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,436 inhabitants (2006). It lies on the Niepryszka river , in historic Lesser Poland, among the hills of the , and forests of Solska Wilderness. The distance to Biłgoraj is 24 kilometers, to Zamość 30 kilometers, and to Lublin - 92 kilometers.
The town was founded in the 1720s in a location of the village of Majdan Nepryski. Józefów belonged to the Zamoyski family, and its name honors Tomasz Józef Zamoyski, the 5th Ordynat of the Zamość Estate (Ordynacja zamojska). In 1725, Józefów received Magdeburg rights, with the right to organize nine fairs a year. The town remained within boundaries of the Zamość Estate until 1939. Due to a convenient location in the middle of the Estate, Józefów quickly developed, becoming a local artisan center. In the late 18th century, however, following the Partitions of Poland, Józefów found itself in the Russian-controlled Congress Poland (1815), near the border with Austrian province of Galicia. Proximity of the border did not help, as governments of both empires were not in favor of international trade on local scale. In 1864, following January Uprising, Russian authorities stripped Józefów of its town charter, as a punishment for helping Polish rebels. At that time, the number of Jews living here steadily grew, reaching 72% of the population in 1905.
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