Brwinów
Garden city in Poland
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Brwinów [ˈbrvʲinuf] is a town in Pruszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, about 25 km (16 mi) from the centre of Warsaw.[2] As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,718.[1]
Brwinów | |
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Town Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Brwinów | |
| Coordinates: 52°8′30″N 20°43′0″E | |
| 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 (31 December 2021[1]) | |
• Total | 13,718 |
| • Density | 1,364/km2 (3,532/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 05-840 |
| Area code | +48 22 |
| Website | brwinow |
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.
On 13 April 2014, there was a Warsaw Eagles – Angels Toruń exhibition football game.[3][4]
Brwinów is served by the Brwinów railway station.
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
- Aleksander Werner, painter, sculptor
- Wacław Werner, physicist, teacher
Demography
