Skierniewice

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Skierniewice
(Flag)	(Coat of arms)
Basic Information
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź Voivodship
Population	49 038
City rights	1457
Latitude Longitude	51°58' N 20°09' E
Area	33 km²
Density	1500/km²
Area code	+48 46
Car plates	ES
Twin towns	Gera, Chatelaillon - Plage, Purgstall, Náměšť na Hané, Levice, Szentes
Economy and Traffic
Administration
Mayor	Leszek Trębski
Municipal Website

Skierniewice - a town in central Poland with 47,900 inhabitants (1995), gained municipal rights in 1457. Situated in the Łódź Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Skierniewice Voivodship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Skierniewice County. The town is situated almost exactly in between Łódź and Warsaw. It has a famous railway station that used to be a part of historical Warsaw-Vienna Railway.

Famous people connected with Skierniewice region:

• Nobel Prize Winner for Literature Władysław Reymont
• worldly renowned pianist Frédéric Chopin
• Jan Kozietulski, b. in Skierniewice, a military commander and an officer of the armed forces of the Duchy of Warsaw during the Napoleonic Wars
• Ignacy Krasicki, a Polish prince of the Roman Catholic Church and a writer

Contents 1 Education 2 Politics 2.1 Piotrkow Trybunalski/Skierniewice constituency 2.2 Municipal politics

[edit] Education

• Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna

[edit] Politics

[edit] Piotrkow Trybunalski/Skierniewice constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Piotrkow/Skierniewice constituency

• Bujak Bogdan, SLD-UP
• Jagieliński Roman, SLD-UP
• Kędziak Tadeusz, LPR
• Kwaśniewska Dorota, Samoobrona
• Łyżwiński Stanisław, Samoobrona
• Musiał Zbigniew, SLD-UP
• Radziszewska Elżbieta, PO
• Sobotka Zbigniew, SLD-UP
• Wojciechowski Janusz, PSL

[edit] Municipal politics

• This is believed to be one of the places where the Guzowski / Guzovsky family was born from a place called Guzów.

Coordinates: 51°58′N 20°09′E