Piszczac
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Piszczac | |
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Town | |
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Coordinates: 51°58′52″N 23°22′34″E / 51.98111°N 23.37611°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Lublin |
County | Biała Podlaska |
Gmina | Piszczac |
Town rights | 1530 |
Population | |
• Total | 2,087 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | LBI |
Piszczac [ˈpʲiʂt͡ʂat͡s] is a town in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] Today it is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Piszczac. It lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Biała Podlaska and 98 km (61 mi) north-east of the regional capital Lublin.
In 1530–1869, it was a town mentioned in old chronicles and in the census of 1566, as Pieszczatka.[2]
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Dziarnovich, Aleh (2009). Brest (Bieraście) Region (Paviet) Before and After Reform 1565–1566: To History of Administrative and Territorial Divisions in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (PDF) (in Russian). Vol. 1. Kiev: Ukraina Lithuanica. p. 45.
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