Polkowice
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| Polkowice | |||
| Town square | |||
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| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian | ||
| Powiat | Polkowice County | ||
| Gmina | Polkowice | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Wiesław Wabik | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 23.75 km² (9.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 22 290 | ||
| - Density | 938.5/km² (2,430.7/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 59-100 i 59-101 | ||
| Car Plates | DPL | ||
| Website: http://www.polkowice.pl | |||
Polkowice pronunciation (German: Polkwitz, 1937 – 1945 Heerwegen) is a town in south-western Poland with more than 28,000 inhabitants (2004).
It is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), and was previously in Legnica Voivodeship (1975 – 1998). Polkowice is among the richest cities in Poland and has been designated as the best administered Polish gmina on a couple of occasions. The relative success of a city is also due to fact that Polkowice is located in the industrial copper-mining area, with a copper-processing plants located in the Polkowice powiat.
[edit] Education
- Dolnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Techniki
[edit] Sport
Image:Gornik Polkowice.gif
Górnik Polkowice, Polish football club
- Górnik Polkowice - football team (1st league in season 2003/2004)
- CCC Aquapark Polkowice - women basketball team, 3rd place in Sharp Torell Basket Liga in 2004/2005 season
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