Ropczyce
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Ropczyce Town Centre
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 Ropczyce
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| Coordinates: 50°5′10″N 21°38′0″E / 50.08611°N 21.63333°E | ||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship |
 Subcarpathian
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| County |
 Ropczyce-Sędziszów
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| Gmina |
 Ropczyce
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| Founded | 13th century | |
| City rights | 1362 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Bolesław Bujak | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 47.03 km2 (18.16 sq mi) | |
| Population (2007) | ||
| • Total | 26,059 | |
| • Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 39–100 | |
| Car plates | RRS | |
| Website | http://www.ropczyce.umig.gov.pl | |
Ropczyce [rɔpˈt͡ʂɨt͡sɛ] (Yiddish: ראָפּשיץ) is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, situated in the valley of the Wielopolka River (a tributary of the Wisłoka River). The town has a population of 15,098 (as of 2 June 2009[update]). and is the seat of Ropczyce-Sędziszów County.
Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), it is the capital of Ropczyce-Sędziszów County.
Ropczyce is located east of Kraków and west of Rzeszów. The coordinates for Ropczyce: Latitude 50°0500' and Longitude 21°6167. In DMS or Degree, Minutes, & Seconds; Latitude 50°2'60N and Longitude is 21°37'0E. Its elevation is 240 metres (787 feet) above sea level. The time zone for Poland is UTC+1.
Ropczyce has a total population of 26,055 according to the Polish Official Census 2008 of whom 15,098 live in the Ropczyce urban area and 10,957 live in the surrounding rural areas (7 km (4 mi) radius). It is the seat of Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, which has a total population of 71,3350 people (30 June 2008).
The first reference to Ropczyce comes from a document of 1252, which confirmed the donation of the land by the brothers Klemens and Marek Gryf to a Cistercian Abbey in Szczyrzyc near Limanowa. Around this time Ropczyce was damaged by a Tatar raid. In 1266 the settlement was destroyed by an army composed of Ruthenians, Tatar and Lithuanian troops, led by the Ruthenian prince ‘Ioann (John) Shvarn’ (Polish: Szwarno), Ukrainian: Шварно). Ropczyce became a town on 3 March 1362, when the Polish king, Casimir III the Great, gave it city rights (Magdeburg rights). At the same time, he made two brothers, Jan and Mikolaj Gielnic the first ‘wójts’ or advocates of the new town. He also made Ropczyce a parish, separate from the parish of Sędziszow. Within six years a parish church was built in the new ‘royal’ town of Ropczyce. As Ropczyce was situated close to the Sandomierz Wilderness (Polish: Puszcza Sandomierska), one of the biggest forests in southern Poland, which covers large parts of the Sandomierz Basin, it became a popular place for the Polish Kings to stay when they went hunting and fishing. King Casimir III the Great, king Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk and king Władysław II Jagiełło were regular visitors to Ropczyce. Under the patronage of the Polish Royals and subsequent trade agreements with Ruthenia, the town's future started to look very good. It could then grow and develop, also due to its favourable location on an important trade route from Silesia and Lesser Poland (Małopolska) to Ruthenia. Ropczyce was severely damaged during a Tatar raid in 1504. To help the town and citizens recover from this tragedy, king Aleksander Jagiellończyk gave all the citizens a 10-year tax exemption from 1504–1514 In the 15th and 16th centuries Ropczyce became a major centre in the manufacture of canvas goods.
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