Tarnów
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| Tarnów | |||||
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| Image:Tarnow Mapa.png | |||||
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| Voivodship | Lesser Poland | ||||
| Municipal government | Rada Miejska Tarnów | ||||
| Mayor | Mieczysław Bień | ||||
| Area | 72,4 km² | ||||
| Population - city - urban - density | 121 300 - 1675/km² | ||||
| Founded City rights | - 1330 | ||||
| Latitude Longitude | 50°02' N 21°00' E | ||||
| Area code | +48 14 | ||||
| Car plates | KT | ||||
| Twin towns | - | ||||
| Municipal Website | |||||
Image:Ltspkr.png Tarnów is a city in south-eastern Poland with 121,500 inhabitants (1995).
Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Tarnów Voivodship (1975–1998).
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Education
Sports
- Unia Tarnow - speedway team, championsip of Poland in 2004 , 2005
- Unia Wisla Paged Tarnow - men's basketball team, 6th in Era Basket Liga in 2003/2004 season.
Politics
Tarnów constituency
Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Tarnów constituency:
- Marian Curyło, Samoobrona
- Mariusz Grabowski, LPR
- Aleksander Grad, PO
- Krzysztof Janik, SLD-UP
- Jan Kubik, PSL
- Barbara Marianowska, PiS
- Andrzej Skrzyński, SLD-UP
- Wiesław Woda, PSL
Municipal politics
to be written yet
Famous people born in Tarnów
- Józef Bem
- Józef Cyrankiewicz
- Jacek Dukaj
- Krystyna Kuperberg
- Eustachy Stanislaw Sanguszko
- Jan z Tarnowa (c.1349-1409)
- Jan z Tarnowa (1367-1433)
- Rafal z Tarnowa
- Jan Tarnowski
- Michał Heller
- Roman Brandsteatter
