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Revision as of 12:40, 24 March 2012
Brwinów | |
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![]() Buildings near railway station | |
Country | ![]() |
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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/4am7yi95vkxb4suhvf2bj3f8e8qrsyg.png)
External links
- Jewish Community in Brwinów on Virtual Shtetl