Józefów

Józefów
Town centre
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Józefów
Coordinates: 52°8′8″N 21°14′13″E / 52.13556°N 21.23694°E / 52.13556; 21.23694
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Otwock
Gmina	Józefów (urban gmina)
Town rights	1962
Government
• Mayor	Marek Banaszek
Area
• Total	23.92 km2 (9.24 sq mi)
Elevation	94 m (308 ft)
Population  (2019)
• Total	20,605
• Density	860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	05-420, 05-410
Area code	+48 22
Car plates	WOT
Website	http://jozefow.pl

Józefów (Polish pronunciation: [juˈzɛfuf]) is a town in east-central Poland, located in Masovian Voivodeship, in Otwock County. It lies about 15 kilometres (9 miles) southeast of Warsaw city centre and is a part of that city's metropolitan area. Located on a picturesque confluence of Vistula and Świder rivers, it is home to one landscape reserve and three natural reservation zones. As of 2006^[update] it had 18,157 inhabitants.^[1]

Gallery

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  Church of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa
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  Church of St John the Baptist

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  Public gymnasium
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  Police station

References

External links

Media related to Józefów (powiat otwocki) at Wikimedia Commons

• Jewish Community in Józefów on Virtual Shtetl
• Museums and historical monuments at Józefów homepage.