Radzyń Podlaski

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Radzyń Podlaski

Total population

14,806

Land area19.31 km²

Coordinates51.78°, 22.62°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Radzyń Podlaski pronounced [ˈrad͡zɨɲ pɔdˈlaskʲi] is a town in eastern Poland, about 60 km (37 mi) north of Lublin, with 15,808 inhabitants (2017). The town has been part of the Lublin Voivodeship since 1999, previously it was part of the Biała Podlaska Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Radzyń County, and historically belongs to the region of Lesser Poland. The town was founded in 1468, and its most important landmark is the rococo Potocki Palace.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Andrzej Dzięga

Polish archbishop and theologian

Zenon Przesmycki

Polish poet, translator and art critic of the literary period of Młoda Polska

Karol Lipiński

Polish musician (1790–1861)

Jan Kaliński

Moshe Sneh

Israeli politician (1909-1972)

Halina Zalewska

Dutch artist

Włodzimierz Nahorny

Polish pianist

Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko

Polish general and noble (1768-1844)

Szymon Buchbinder

Polish artist (1853-1908)

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Dmitry Rymarev

Soviet documentary cinematographer (1909-2000), front-line cinematographer of World War II

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Henryk Jaźnicki

Polish footballer (1917-2004)

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Shmuel Shlomo Leiner

Polish rabbi

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Zofia Grabczan

Polish politician

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Adam Duszyk

Polish historian

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Czesław Obrębski

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Stanisław Kamiński

Polish philosopher, Catholic priest

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

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