Lesko
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Lesko (or Lisko until 1926; ; , alias Olesco Lescovium; ) is a town in south-eastern Poland with a population of 5,755 (02.06.2009) situated in the Bieszczady mountains. It is located in the heartland of the Doły (Pits), and its average altitude is above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city. Since 2002 it has been the capital of Lesko County.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lesko
- Region
- województwo podkarpackie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 5,700
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lesko
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Synagoga lesko.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The synagogue in Lesko
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Lesko COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 22px Subcarpathian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lesko
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Lesko
- Settlement.leader_party
- Independent
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Adam Snarski
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Lesko
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 5254
- Area
- 15.09
- Elevation
- 390
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Gmina Lesko
- Official website
- www.lesko.pl
- Image
- Lesko, ratusz (HB7).jpg
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- Commons category
- Lesko
- Commons gallery
- Lesko
- postal code
- 38-600
- different from
- Gmina Lesko
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- twinned administrative body
- Khust
- male population
- 2476
- female population
- 2778
- P8168
- Civil Guard
- P12749
- Galicia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Climate
- Sites of interest
- Gallery
- Hiking trails
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Lesko (or Lisko until 1926; ; , alias Olesco Lescovium; ) is a town in south-eastern Poland with a population of 5,755 (02.06.2009) situated in the Bieszczady mountains. It is located in the heartland of the Doły (Pits), and its average altitude is above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city. Since 2002 it has been the capital of Lesko County.
Lesko is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lesko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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