Lublin

Lublin
Top: panorama of Old Town Lublin, including Crown Tribunal Second left: facade buildings in Stare Miasto Street. Second right: Lublin Castle. Third left: view of Tynitarska Tower, Cracow Gate and many of historical built from CIty Square. Third right: Tenement house in Klonawica Street, Bottom: view of Plac po Farze area
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Fidelitatem et Constantinam (in Latin)/ Wiernością i Stałością (in Polish)
Lublin
Coordinates: 51°14′53″N 22°34′13″E / 51.24806°N 22.57028°E / 51.24806; 22.57028Coordinates: 51°14′53″N 22°34′13″E / 51.24806°N 22.57028°E / 51.24806; 22.57028
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	city county
Established	before 12th century
Town rights	1317
Government
• Mayor	Krzysztof Żuk
Area
• City	147 km2 (57 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• City	349,103
• Density	2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
• Metro	664,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	20-001 to 20-999
Area code(s)	+48 81
Car plates	LU
Website	http://www.um.lublin.pl/ http://www.lublin.eu/en

Lublin [ˈlublʲin] (Latin: Lublinum, Yiddish: לובלין‎, Lublin, Lithuanian: Liublinas, Ukrainian: Люблін; English pronunciation: /ˈlʌblᵻn/) is the ninth largest city in Poland and the second largest city of Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship (province) with a population of 349,103 (March 2011). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of the Vistula River, and is located approximately 170 kilometres (106 miles) to the southeast of Warsaw.

Lublin, until the partitions at the end of the 18th century, was a royal city of the Crown Kingdom of Poland. Its delegates and nobles had the right to participate in the Royal Election. In 1578 Lublin was chosen as the seat of the Crown Tribunal, the highest appeal court in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and for centuries the city has been flourishing as a centre of culture and higher learning, together with Kraków, Warsaw and Lviv.