Konstantynów Łódzki

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Konstantynów Łódzki
Church of Saint Joseph the Worker
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Konstantynów Łódzki
Coordinates: 51°45′N 19°20′E / 51.750°N 19.333°E / 51.750; 19.333
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Pabianice
Gmina	Konstantynów Łódzki (urban gmina)
Government
• Mayor	Robert Jakubowski
Area
• Total	26.87 km2 (10.37 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2020)
• Total	18,335 [1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	95-050
Car plates	EPA
Website	https://www.konstantynow.pl/

Konstantynów Łódzki [kɔnstanˈtɨnuf ˈwut͡skʲi] is a town in Pabianice County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 18,335 inhabitants (2020).^[1] It borders Łódź to the east, Lutomiersk to the west, Aleksandrów Łódzki to the north, and Porszewice to the south. It was founded in the 1820s by a landowner who had planned to build a textile industry there. It was incorporated in 1924.

In 1821 Konstantynów Łódzki, at that time still a village, became a part of the textile industry of the Łódź region. Shortly thereafter, in 1824 the town was given its current name and was established as a town in 1830.

Notable residents

• Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (born 1950), Polish-American chemist, Wolf Prize winner

References

External links

• Official website
• Konstantynów Łódzki chapter of the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume I (Poland)

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