Zgorzelec
Place in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the town on the border with Germany. For the village of the same name, see Zgorzelec, Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Zgorzelec ([zɡɔˈʐɛlɛt͡s] ⓘ, German: Görlitz[lower-alpha 1], Upper Sorbian: Zhorjelc [ˈzhɔʁʲɛlts], Lower Sorbian: Zgórjelc, Czech: Zhořelec) is a town in southwestern Poland with 30,374 inhabitants (2019). It lies in Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the seat of Zgorzelec County and of Gmina Zgorzelec (although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town is an urban gmina in its own right). Zgorzelec is located on the Lusatian Neisse river, on the Polish-German border adjoining the German town of Görlitz, of which it constituted the eastern part up to 1945.
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Zgorzelec | |
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Coordinates: 51°09′00″N 15°00′30″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
County | Zgorzelec County |
Gmina | Zgorzelec (urban gmina) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Rafał Gronicz (KO) |
Area | |
• Total | 15.88 km2 (6.13 sq mi) |
Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
• Total | 30,374 |
• Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 59–900 to 59–903 |
Car plates | DZG |
Climate | Cfb |
Website | zgorzelec |
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