Urzędów

Local nameUrzędów
LocationLublin Voivodeship, Polska

Urzędów is a town in Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Urzędów. It lies in Lesser Poland, approximately 9 kilometres north-west of Kraśnik and 42 km south-west of the regional capital Lublin. The town has a population of 1,060, and in 1405–1869 it had a status of a town, regained in 2016.

Urzędów lies on the Urzędówka river, among the hills of the Lublin Upland. In the past, it used to be one of major urban centers of eastern Lesser Poland, placed on a merchant road from Kraków to Lublin, and further on to Lithuania. The town was granted Magdeburg rights in 1405 by King Władysław Jagiełło, replacing two villages – Zaborzyce and Skorczyce, which had existed in the location of Urzędów.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urzędów

Coordinates 50°59'38.056" N 22°8'36.872" E

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