Lubartów

Lubartów
Old Town Square in Lubartów
Coat of arms
Lubartów
Coordinates: 51°28′N 22°36′E / 51.467°N 22.600°E / 51.467; 22.600
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Lubartów County
Gmina	Lubartów (urban gmina)
Established	1543
Town rights	1543
Government
• Mayor	Janusz Bodziacki
Area
• Total	13.91 km2 (5.37 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	22,369
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	21-100
Area code(s)	+48 81
Car plates	LLB
Website	http://www.lubartow.pl

Coordinates: 51°28′N 22°36′E / 51.467°N 22.600°E / 51.467; 22.600

Lubartów (Polish pronunciation: [luˈbartuf]) is a town in eastern Poland, with 23,000 inhabitants (2004), situated in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the capital of Lubartów County and the Lubartów Commune. Historically it belongs to Lesser Poland, and from its beginnings, until 1795, was part of Lesser Poland’s Lublin Voivodeship. Lubartów was established in 1543 by Piotr Firlej under a founding order issued by King Sigismund the Old. At that time, it was a center of Protestant Reformation culture and education, following the founding of a school of Wojciech Calissius (1559).

The town is located 26 kilometres (16 miles) north of Lublin, on the Wieprz river, on the border between two geographical regions of Poland - Lublin Upland, and South Podlasie Lowland. Near Lubartów, the Kozłowiec Landscape Park (Kozłowiecki Park Krajobrazowy) is located. The town is the 10th largest urban center of the voivodeship, and its area is 13.92 square kilometres (5.37 sq mi). It is a road hub, where National Road nr. 19 (Rzeszów - Białystok) meets local road nr. 815. Furthermore, Lubartów is located along rail line nr. 30 (Łuków - Lublin), but since 2000, passenger traffic has been cancelled on this route. Lubartów is home to a sports club Lewart, founded in 1923.