Połaniec

Coordinates: 50°25′59″N 21°16′49″E / 50.43306°N 21.28028°E / 50.43306; 21.28028
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Połaniec
Town
Saint Martin's Church
Saint Martin's Church
Flag of Połaniec
Flag
Coat of arms of Połaniec
Coat of arms
Połaniec is located in Poland
Połaniec
Połaniec
Coordinates: 50°25′59″N 21°16′49″E / 50.43306°N 21.28028°E / 50.43306; 21.28028
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŚwiętokrzyskie
CountyStaszów
GminaPołaniec
Town rights1264
Parts of town
Townships' List
  • Barszczówka
  • Daszyn
  • Kolonia Połaniec
  • Podskale
  • Rychterówka
  • Żapniów
Area
 (through the years 2008-2010)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
28-230
Area code+48 15
Vehicle registrationTSZ
Websitehttp://www.polaniec.pl

Połaniec [pɔˈwaɲɛt͡s] ⓘ is a town in Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 8,406 inhabitants (2012). The town is in Lesser Poland, and its history dates back to the early days of Polish statehood.[2] It lies in the western part of the Sandomierz Basin, a few kilometres north of the Vistula, along the National Road Nr. 79, from Bytom to Warsaw. The town has a railway station serving a secondary line, nr. 75 from Rytwiany to Połaniec.

The Połaniec Power Station, is one of the largest (1800 MW) coal-fired power plants in Poland and, since 2012, one of the largest biomass plants in the world. It is located outside the town, in the nearby village of Zawada. [3]

History

The history of Połaniec dates back to the 11th century, when a

royal town of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Sandomierz County in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province.[4]

At the beginning of the 16th century, Połaniec was burned to the ground by the

Holocaust by the German occupiers during World War II. In 1939, the Polish resistance organized a collection and shipping point for aid packages for Poles who had lost their homes and possessions in other regions, i.e. those arrested or expelled by the Germans and those fleeing Soviet-occupied eastern Poland.[5] A smuggling point for Polish underground press was based in the town.[6]

Połaniec Power Plant

In the 1970s, the Tadeusz Kościuszko Power Plant was built, and in 1980, Połaniec regained its town rights.

Demography

According to the 2011 Poland census, there were 8,227 people residing in Połaniec, of whom 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. In the town, the population was distributed such that 18.6% under the age of 18, 40.9% from 18 to 44, 31.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 or older.[1]

Table 1. Population level of town in 2010 – by age group[1]
SPECIFICATION Measure
unit 		POPULATION
(by age group in 2010)
TOTAL 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85 +
I. TOTAL person 8,227 434 355 442 537 820 842 574 465 425 695 964 735 419 141 120 124 73 62
— of which in % 100 5.3 4.3 5.4 6.5 10 10.2 7 5.7 5.2 8.4 11.7 8.9 5.1 1.7 1.5 1.5 0.9 0.8
1. BY SEX
A. Males person 4,078 220 166 232 257 404 464 289 244 196 304 479 378 226 74 54 46 35 10
— of which in % 49.6 2.7 2 2.8 3.1 4.9 5.6 3.5 3 2.4 3.7 5.8 4.6 2.7 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1
B. Females person 4,149 214 189 210 280 416 378 285 221 229 391 485 357 193 67 66 78 38 52
— of which in % 50.4 2.6 2.3 2.6 3.4 5.1 4.6 3.5 2.7 2.8 4.8 5.9 4.3 2.3 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.6


Figure 1. Population pyramid of town in 2010 – by age group and sex[1]
Table 2. Population level of town in 2010 – by sex[1]
SPECIFICATION Measure
unit 		POPULATION
(by sex in 2010)
TOTAL Males Females
I. TOTAL person 8,227 4,078 4,149
— of which in % 100 49.6 50.4
1. BY AGE GROUP
A. At pre-working age person 1,530 759 771
— of which in % 18.6 9.2 9.4
B. At working age. grand total person 5,984 3,100 2,884
— of which in % 72.7 37.7 35
a. at mobile working age person 3,364 1,713 1,651
— of which in                         % 40.9 20.8 20.1
b. at non-mobile working age person 2,620 1,387 1,233
— of which in                         % 31.8 16.8 15
C. At post-working age person 713 219 494
— of which in % 8.7 2.7 6

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns – sister cities

Połaniec is

twinned with:[7]

References

  1. ^
    GUS
    . 10 March 2011.
  2. ISBN 83-7000-071-1.
    - "Połaniec, miasto, gmina Połaniec – miasto, powiat staszowski, województwo świętokrzyskie" [Połaniec, town, Połaniec Commune – urban area, Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Province, Poland]. Topographical map prepared in 1:10,000 scale. Aerial and satellite orthophotomap (in Polish). Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography, Poland, Warsaw. 2011. geoportal.gov.pl. Retrieved 27 April 2011.[permanent dead link
    ]
  3. ^ Polaniec Biomass Power Plant
  4. ^ Województwo sandomierskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. 1993. p. 3.
  5. ^ Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz (2011). Odwet i Jędrusie (in Polish). Zagnańsk. p. 67.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Gruszczyński, p. 32
  7. ^ "Miasta Partnerskie". Serwis Informacyjny Miasta i Gminy Połaniec (in Polish). Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

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