Brwinów

Brwinów
Buildings near railway station
Coat of arms
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Pruszków
Gmina	Brwinów
Established	15th century
Town rights	1950
Government
• Mayor	Arkadiusz Kosiński
Area
• Total	10.06 km2 (3.88 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	12,131
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	05-840
Area code	+48 22
Website	http://www.brwinow.pl/

Brwinów [ˈbrvʲinuf] is a town in Pruszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, about 25 km from the centre of Warsaw; according to the 2008 records Brwinów has 12131 inhabitants.

Until 1954 Brwinów was the location of the Helenów parish council and between 1917 and 1949 it was also Letnisko-Brwinów's major town.

Between 1975 and 1998 Brwinów belonged to Warsaw Voivodeship. The town is located on the Łowicz–Błonie plains.

Brwinów is served by Brwinów.

Famous people

• Leszek Bugajski, writer, editor "Twórczość" and essayist in "Newsweek"
• Leszek Engelking, poet, translator
• Henryk Waniek, painter
• Wacław Kowalski, actor
• Bolesław Hryniewiecki, naturalist
• Jerzy Hryniewiecki, architect
• Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, writer, poet
• Wacław Werner, physist, teacher

• Bronisław Komorowski, President of the Republic of Poland

Demography

External links

• Jewish Community in Brwinów on Virtual Shtetl