Skierniewice

Skierniewice
Railway station
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Skierniewice
Coordinates: 51°57′10″N 20°8′30″E
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	1,500/km2 (3,900/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 [skʲɛrɲɛˈvʲit​͡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

Piotrków 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, Châtelaillon-Plage, Purgstall an der Erlauf, Náměšť na Hané, Levice, Szentes