Lesko

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Lesko

Total population

5,042

Coordinates49.47°, 22.33°

Demographic figures from Statistics Poland (GUS). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Lesko is a town in south-eastern Poland with a population of 5,755 (02.06.2009) situated in the Bieszczady mountains. It is located in the heartland of the Doły (Pits), and its average altitude is 390 metres above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city. Since 2002 it has been the capital of Lesko County.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Roman Sembratovych

Ukrainian journalist

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Ryszard Pacławski

Polish lawyer and scouting leader

Artur Andrus

Polish journalist and singer

Cyryl Jaksa Ładyżyński

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Franciszek Ksawery d' Abancourt de Franqueville

Polish journalist

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Henryk Giżycki

Polish actor

Roman Hrobelskyj

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Ryszard Gajewski

Polish politician

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Stanisław Ochęduszko

Polish physicist

Tadeusz Sulimirski

Polish officer

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Włodzimierz Dziakiewicz

Polish officer

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Zygmunt Kahane

Polish zoologist (1846-1889)

Halina Żurowska

participant in the Warsaw Uprising, lieutenant.

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Jacek Fredro

January Poźniak

judge

Joanna Domaszewska

Polish sculptor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Subcarpathia

• Łączki
  1.4 mi away
• Tarnawa Górna
  3.5 mi away
• Nowosiółki
  5 mi away
• Rakowa
  6.7 mi away
• Zawadka
  8.8 mi away
• Kielczawa
  8.8 mi away
• Kalnica
  9.4 mi away · pop. 116
• Górzanka
  9.9 mi away
• Zboiska
  10.3 mi away · pop. 220
• Bukowiec
  11.4 mi away
• Daszówka
  12.6 mi away · pop. 43
• Kostarowce
  12.7 mi away · pop. 761

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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