Krasiniec
Village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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Krasiniec [kraˈɕiɲɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Płoniawy-Bramura, within Maków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It is situated on the Węgierka River,[2] a tributary of the Orzyc River.
Krasiniec | |
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Village | |
  Krasiniec | |
| Coordinates: 52°56′N 20°59′E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Maków |
| Gmina | Płoniawy-Bramura |
| Founded | 1860s |
| Founded by | Ludwik Józef Krasiński |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WMA |
| National road |  |
History
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In the 1860s, the Krasiniec sugar factory was founded by Count Ludwik Józef Krasiński, one of the wealthiest Poles of the 19th-century, next to which a settlement of the same name soon developed.[3] During World War I, the sugar factory was plundered by the Russians.[4]
According to the 1921 Polish census, the village had a population of 364, 72.3% Polish, 27.5% Kalmyk, and 0.3% Lithuanian.[5] It was the sole Kalmyk community of interwar Poland, with the only other Kalmyk person living in the nearby town of Przasnysz.[6]
