Skierniewice

Skierniewice
Railway station
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Skierniewice
Coordinates: 51°57′10″N 20°8′30″E / 51.95278°N 20.14167°E / 51.95278; 20.14167
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
Powiat	City county
Gmina	Skierniewice
Established	before 1217
Town rights	1457
Government
- Mayor	Leszek Trębski
Area
- Total	32.6 km2 (12.6 sq mi)
Population (2007)
- Total	49,132
- Density	1,507.1/km2 (3,903.4/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	96-100
Area code(s)	+48 46
Car plates	ES
Website	http://www.skierniewice.net.pl

Skierniewice rail station (1872)

Skierniewice [sk^jɛrɲɛˈvit​͡sɛ] is a town in central Poland with 49,132 inhabitants (2007), 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 half-way between Łódź and Warsaw.

Skierniewice gained municipal rights in 1457. It has a famous railway station that used to be a part of historical Warsaw-Vienna Railway. On September 15, 1884 it was the setting for the meeting of the Three Emperors' League.

Famous people connected with Skierniewice region:

• Nobel Prize Winner for Literature Władysław Reymont
• world-renowned pianist Frédéric Chopin
• Jan Kozietulski, a military commander of the armed forces of the Duchy of Warsaw
• Ignacy Krasicki, a Roman Catholic archbishop and a writer

Education

• Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna

• Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa

Politics

Piotrkow Trybunalski/Skierniewice constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Piotrkow/Skierniewice constituency in 2005

• 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

Twin towns

Gera, Chatelaillon - Plage, Purgstall, Náměšť na Hané, Levice, Szentes

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v • d • e Skierniewice County Rural gminas Gmina Bolimów • Gmina Głuchów • Gmina Godzianów • Gmina Kowiesy • Gmina Lipce Reymontowskie • Gmina Maków • Gmina Nowy Kawęczyn • Gmina Skierniewice • Gmina Słupia Seat (not part of the county) Skierniewice

Coordinates: 51°58′N 20°09′E / 51.967°N 20.15°E / 51.967; 20.15

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