Piotrków Trybunalski
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Night view of Old Town, Słowacki Street, Piotrkowska Manufaktura, street in Old Town, Royal Castle, Market Square
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 Piotrków Trybunalski
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| Coordinates: 51°24′N 19°41′E / 51.400°N 19.683°E | |||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Łódź | ||
| County | city county | ||
| Established | before 1217 | ||
| Town rights | 13th century | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Krzysztof Chojniak | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 67.27 km2 (25.97 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • City | 77,810 | ||
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 200,000 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 97–300 to 97–312 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 044 | ||
| Car plates | EP | ||
| Website | http://www.piotrkow.pl | ||
Piotrków Trybunalski ([ˈpʲɔtrkuf trɨbuˈnalskʲi]; also known by alternative names) is a city in central Poland with 76,717 inhabitants (2011). It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), and was previously the capital of the Piotrków Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Piotrków County.
According to tradition, but not confirmed by historical sources, Piotrków was founded by Piotr Włostowic, a powerful 12th century magnate from Silesia. The name of the city comes from the Polish version of the name Peter (Piotr), in a diminutive form (Piotrek, or "Pete"). Trybunalski indicates that tribunal sessions (including the Crown Tribunal) were held in the town. The town has been known in Yiddish as פּעטריקעװ or Petrikev, in German as Petrikau, and in Russian as Петроков or Petrokov.
Piotrków Trybunalski is situated in the middle-west part (Piotrków Plains) of the Łódź Uplands. The population of the city is approximately 80,000 and its area is nearly 68 square kilometres (26 sq mi). The landscape of the Piotrków region and its geological structure were formed during the glaciation of 180,000–128,000 years ago. There are hardly any forests on the Piotrków Plains.
Two rivers cross the region, the Wolbórka and the Luciąża, which with their tributaries flow into the Pilica River and belong to the catchment area of the Vistula River. The watershed of Poland's two main rivers, the Vistula and the Oder (Odra), runs along the meridional line three km west of Piotrków. Two small rivers, the Strawa and the Strawka flow through the city, and it is between their valleys that the first settlement of Piotrków was founded in the early Middle Ages. Recently two more rivers have been included within the boundary of the city area - the Wierzejka, which in the western part of the city forms a reservoir, and the Śrutowy Dołek to the south of Piotrków.
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