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Ustrzyki Dolne

Ustrzyki Dolne
Ustrzyki Dolne panorama
Ustrzyki Dolne panorama
Coat of arms of Ustrzyki Dolne
Coat of arms
Ustrzyki Dolne is located in Poland
Ustrzyki Dolne
Ustrzyki Dolne
Coordinates: 49°26′N 22°36′E / 49.433°N 22.600°E / 49.433; 22.600
Country  Poland
Voivodeship POL województwo podkarpackie flag.svg Subcarpathian
County Bieszczady
Gmina Ustrzyki Dolne
Established 16th century
Town rights 1727
Government
Area
 • Total 16.79 km2 (6.48 sq mi)
Elevation 480 m (1,570 ft)
Population (2006)
 • Total 9,478
 • Density 560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 38-700 to 38-714
Area code(s) +48 13
Car plates RBI
Website Official website

Ustrzyki Dolne pronounced ['usˈtʂɨkʲi ˈdɔlnɛ] (Yiddish: Istrik‎, Ukrainian: Устри́ки-Долі́шні Ustrýky-Dolíshni) is a town in south-eastern Poland, situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999) close to the border with Ukraine. It is the capital of Bieszczady County, with 9,383 inhabitants (02.06.2009).

In existence since the 15th century, Ustrzyki received its city charter around 1727. During the First Partition of Poland, in 1772 it became part of the Habsburg Monarchy where it remained until 1918. After the defeat of Austria-Hungary Ustrzyki became part of the newly reborn and independent Poland. Major growth of the Ustrzyki economy began in the 19 century when a railway connection to Przemyśl and Sanok was built in 1872, and the exploitation of local oil fields began. Temporarily in the USSR after the Vistula–Oder Offensive in 1944–45, it became part of postwar Poland following the 1951 Polish-Soviet territorial exchange.

Ustrzyki seen from Gromadzyń

Ski Lift Station at Laworta

Greek-Catholic church in Ustrzyki Dolne

Ustrzyki Dolne is twinned with:

Coordinates: 49°26′N 22°35′E / 49.433°N 22.583°E / 49.433; 22.583


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