Lublin, Poland
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| Motto: Fidelitatem et Constantinam (in Latin) Wiernością i Stałością (in Polish) |
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| Coordinates: 51°14′53″N 22°34′13″E / 51.24806°N 22.57028°ECoordinates: 51°14′53″N 22°34′13″E / 51.24806°N 22.57028°E | |||
| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Lublin | ||
| County | city county | ||
| Established | before 12th century | ||
| Town rights | 1317 | ||
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| • Mayor | Krzysztof Żuk | ||
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| • 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, Lithuanian: Liublinas, Yiddish: לובלין; 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 by road.
One of the events that greatly contributed to the city's development was the Polish-Lithuanian Union of Krewo in 1385. Lublin thrived as a centre of trade and commerce due to its strategic location on the route between Vilnius and Kraków; the inhabitants also had the privilege of free trade in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Following a fire that swept through the city in 1447, King Casimir IV Jagiellon suspended the collection of taxes and allowed Lublin to organise three additional fairs each year, which are still held at present. In 1474, Lublin, which was historically part of the Sandomierz region, became the capital of the newly created Lublin Voivodeship. The Lublin Sejm session of 1569 led to the creation of a real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, thus creating the mighty Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Lublin also witnessed the early stages of Reformation in the 16th century. A Calvinist congregation was founded and certain groups of radical Arians also appeared in the city, making it an important national centre of Arianism. At the turn of the centuries, Lublin was also recognized for hosting a number of outstanding Polish poets, writers and historians of the epoch, most notably, Mikołaj Rej, Jan Kochanowski, Marcin Kromer and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski.
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