Tomaszów Mazowiecki
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| Coordinates: 51°31′N 20°1′E / 51.517°N 20.017°E | |||
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 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Łódź | ||
| County | Tomaszów Mazowiecki County | ||
| Gmina | Tomaszów Mazowiecki (urban gmina) | ||
| Established | 18th century | ||
| Town rights | 1830 | ||
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| • Mayor | Marcin Witko | ||
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| • Total | 41.3 km2 (15.9 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 66,705 | ||
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 97-200 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 44 | ||
| Car plates | ETM | ||
| Website | http://www.tomaszow-maz.eu | ||
Tomaszów Mazowiecki pronounced [tɔˈmaʂuf mazɔˈvjɛt͡skʲi] is a town in central Poland with 67,159 inhabitants (2004). Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), it was previously part of Piotrków Trybunalski Voivodeship (1975–1998). Tomaszów occupies an area of 41.3 square kilometres (15.9 sq mi) as of 2002.
The town is situated on the banks of three rivers, the Pilica, Wolbórka, and Czarna Bielina, and is near the Zalew Sulejowski reservoir and the edge of the Puszcza Spalska wilderness area.
Tomaszów Mazowiecki was granted the status of an industry and trade settlement (osada fabryczno-handlowa) in 1824, and was designated a city in 1830 during the November Uprising in Congress Poland against the Russian Empire. A year later the Jewish Qahal was founded.
By 1931 the Jewish population of the city grew to 11,310 inhabitants, or about 30% of the general population of Tomaszów. During the Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland of 1939 the city was overrun by Nazi Germany. Next month the Great Synagogue was burned to the ground as first on 16 October 1939; the remaining two synagogues were destroyed on 7–14 November. The Ghetto for the imprisonment of 16,500 Polish Jews was created in December 1940, and closed off from the outside in December 1941. Hunger was rampant, followed by the typhus epidemic. In December 1942 some 15,000 Jews were deported aboard Holocaust trains to Treblinka extermination camp. Some 200 Jews from Tomaszów are known to have survived World War II.
According to data from 2006, Tomaszów Mazowiecki has an area of 41.3 km2; about 45% of the land is put to agricultural use, 13% is forested, and the city itself covers about 4.03% of the area.
Several national and regional routes cross each other in the city:
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