Żyrardów

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Żyrardów is a town in central Poland, west of Warsaw, known historically for its textile industry and now functioning as a commuter suburb within the Warsaw metropolitan area.

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Label Occurrences
Żyrardów canonical 8
Żyrardów urban area 1

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
urban gmina
areaCode +48 46
belongsTo European Union (through Poland)
Żyrardów urban area
linked to: Żyrardów
climate humid continental climate
country Poland
county Żyrardów County
distanceFrom about 45 km west of Warsaw
functionsAs commuter suburb of Warsaw
grantedTownRights 1867
hasCulturalHeritageStatus protected post-factory settlement (parts of the town)
hasIndustrialPast cotton production
linen production
hasPopulation approximately 39000
hasPostalCodePrefix 96-300
hasPreservedUrbanLayout 19th-century factory town
hasRailConnectionTo Warsaw
Łódź
historicalRegion Mazovia
historicalRole major textile manufacturing center
industrialHeritage 19th-century textile factory complex
knownFor textile industry
languageUsed Polish
locatedIn Masovian Voivodeship
central Poland
locatedOn Skierniewka River
locatedWestOf Warsaw
namedAfter Philippe de Girard NERFINISHED
partOf Warsaw metropolitan area
seatOf Gmina Żyrardów
Żyrardów County
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
urbanType post-industrial town
vehicleRegistrationCode WZY
voivodeshipCapital Warsaw

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leszek Miller placeOfBirth Żyrardów
Belvedere Vodka originCity Żyrardów
Żyrardów County namedAfter Żyrardów
Żyrardów belongsTo Żyrardów urban area
linked to: Żyrardów
east-central Poland containsTown Żyrardów