Zaleszany, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
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Zaleszany z is a village
in Stalowa Wola County
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
(administrative district) called Gmina Zaleszany
. It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-west of Stalowa Wola
and 69 km (43 mi) north of the regional capital Rzeszów
.
The village has a population of 1,000.
Poet and soldier Józef Mączka
was born here.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Stalowa Wola County
Stalowa Wola County
Stalowa Wola County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Stalowa Wola,...
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...
, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
Gmina
The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...
(administrative district) called Gmina Zaleszany
Gmina Zaleszany
Gmina Zaleszany is a rural gmina in Stalowa Wola County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Zaleszany, which lies approximately north-west of Stalowa Wola and north of the regional capital Rzeszów.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...
. It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-west of Stalowa Wola
Stalowa Wola
Stalowa Wola is the largest city and capital of Stalowa Wola County with a population of 64,353 inhabitants, as of June 2008. It is located in southeastern Poland in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship...
and 69 km (43 mi) north of the regional capital Rzeszów
Rzeszów
Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...
.
The village has a population of 1,000.
Poet and soldier Józef Mączka
Józef Mączka
Józef Mieczysław Mączka was a Polish soldier, poet of the Polish Legions.He was born in the village of Zaleszany to Franciszek Mączka, who as a teenager fought in the January Uprising in 1863....
was born here.