Żary

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Żary

Total population

36,004

Coordinates51.64°, 15.14°

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

Overview

Żary is a town in western Poland with 37,502 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship. It is the administrative seat of the Żary County and of the Gmina Żary within the county, though the town is not part of the gmina (commune).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Maximilian Gritzner

German historian (1843–1902)

Christoph Friedrich Richter

German entomologist, physician, and hymn writer

Erdmann II of Promnitz

Count of Promnitz, Lord of Sorau, Triebel and Pleß (1683-1745)

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Fritz Emil Irrgang

German politician (1890-1951)

Friedrich Schoenfelder

German actor (1916-2011)

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Eugen Casparini

organ builder (1623-1706)

Michael Neander

Silesian pedagogue (1525-1595)

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Gustav Zeitzschel

German singer, opera singer and music educator

Bożenna Bukiewicz

Polish politician

Tadeusz Ślusarski

Polish pole vaulter (1950–1998)

Iwona Matkowska

Olympic wrestler

Andrzej Niedzielan

Polish footballer

Jolanta Fedak

Polish politician

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Mariusz Liberda

Polish footballer

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August Berger

German architect (1860-1947)

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Benjamin Gottfried Weinart

German theologian

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

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Żary

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers