Chrzanów

Also known as Chrzanow, Chrzanůw, Kshanov, Krenau

Chrzanów () is a town in southern Poland with 35,651 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and is the seat of Chrzanów County.

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Chrzanów is a city in Poland, situated within the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It serves as the capital of both Chrzanów County and Gmina Chrzanów. The city was established in 1393 and has a population of 38,989, with 16,669 males. Its area is 38 square kilometers, and it lies at an elevation of 280 meters above sea level.

Administratively, Chrzanów uses the postal codes 32-500–32-503 and the local dialing code 32. The license plate code for the area is KCH. The city is twinned with Ivano-Frankivsk, Harnes, and Nyékládháza. Its official website is www.chrzanow.pl.

Synthesized by Vinony from 53 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality: Chrzanów
Region: województwo małopolskie
Country: Polska
Population: 39,973
Timezone: Europe/Warsaw

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Air quality

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PM2.5: 17.5 µg/m³
PM10: 25.1 µg/m³

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Chrzanów
Settlement.image_skyline: Chrzanów-Rynek.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Aerial view of the Market Square
Settlement.image_flag: POL Chrzanów flag 1.svg
Settlement.image_shield: POL Chrzanów COA (do 2020).svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Chrzanów
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Gmina Chrzanów
Settlement.leader_party: PL2050
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Robert Maciaszek
Settlement.elevation_m: 280
Settlement.area_total_km2: 38.31

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
History to 1809
1809-1918
Interwar period
World War II
Since 1945
Demographics
Number of inhabitants by year
Main sights
Flag and coat of arms
Transport
Education
Sport
Notable people
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
References
External links

Chrzanów () is a town in southern Poland with 35,651 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and is the seat of Chrzanów County.

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chrzanów” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.