Połaniec
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 Połaniec
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| Coordinates: 50°25′59″N 21°16′49″E / 50.43306°N 21.28028°E | |||
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 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Świętokrzyskie | ||
| County | Staszów | ||
| Gmina | Połaniec | ||
| Town rights | 1264 | ||
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| Area (through the years 2008-2010) | |||
| • Total | 17.41 km2 (6.72 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 166.3 m (545.6 ft) | ||
| Population (31 December 2012 at Census) | |||
| • Total | 8,406 | ||
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,300/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 28-230 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 15 | ||
| Car plates | TSZ | ||
| Website | http://www.polaniec.pl | ||
Połaniec[pɔˈwaɲet͡s] is a town in Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 
8,406 inhabitants (2012). The town belongs to Lesser Poland, and its history dates back to early days of Polish statehood. It lies in western part of Sandomierz Basin, a few kilometers north of the Vistula, along the National Road Nr. 79, which goes from Warsaw to Bytom. The town has a rail station on a secondary-importance line nr. 75 from Rytwiany to Połaniec.
The Połaniec power plant, is one of the largest (1800 MW) coal-fired power plants in Poland and, since 2012, one of the largest biomass power plants in the world, is located in the vicinity of the town, in Zawada village.
The history of Połaniec dates back to the 11th century, when a gord was built near the spot where the Czarna flows into the Vistula. In the vicinity of the gord a settlement emerged in the 11th - 12th centuries, with St. Catherine church. In 1241 Połaniec was completely destroyed in the Mongol invasion of Poland, and near the local village of Tursko, there was a battle with the invaders. Połaniec recovered, gaining town rights before 1264, and by 1340, it had some 400 residents. Ten years later, in 1350, King Kazimierz Wielki ordered the town to move from the location on the Winna Góra hill to its present location. In the late Middle Ages, Połaniec was an important trade center, located along a merchant route from Kraków to Sandomierz, and near a very important waterway of the Vistula. The town until 1795 belonged to Lesser Poland’s Sandomierz Voivodeship.
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