Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 107,498 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east–west connection from Lviv to Kraków, and two additional lines, one of which links the city with the Slovak border. Tarnów is known for its traditional Polish architecture, which was influenced by foreign cultures and foreigners that once lived in the area, notably Jews, Germans and Austrians. The Old Town, featuring 16th century tenements, houses and defensive walls, has been preserved. Tarnów is also the warmest city of Poland, with the highest long-term mean annual temperature in the whole country.
Tarnów Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by a much larger Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Its capital city was Tarnów. Located in southeastern part of the country, its area was 4,151 km2.. In 1975 the population was 577,900, in 1998 it grew to 700,800.
Tarnowski is the surname of a Polish noble and aristocratic family. Because Polish adjectives have different forms for the genders, Tarnowska is the form for a female family member.
Żabno is a town and municipality on the river Dunajec in southern Poland, 15 kilometres north of Tarnów. Since Poland's administrative reorganization in 1999, Żabno has been a part of Tarnów powiat which belongs to Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Before administrative reorganization in 1999 it belonged to the Tarnów Voivodeship.
Tarnów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Tarnów, although the city is not part of the county. The county contains seven towns: Tuchów, 16 km (10 mi) south of Tarnów, Żabno, 14 km (9 mi) north-west of Tarnów, Wojnicz, 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Tarnów, Radłów, 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Tarnów, Ryglice, 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Tarnów, Ciężkowice, 26 km (16 mi) south of Tarnów, and Zakliczyn, 25 km (16 mi) south-west of Tarnów.
Janusz Kołodziej is a Polish speedway rider who has ridden for the Polish national team.
Gmina Tarnów is a rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the city of Tarnów, although the city is not part of the territory of the gmina.
Gmina Wierzchosławice is a rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Wierzchosławice, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Tarnów and 66 km (41 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków.
Gmina Żabno is an urban-rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Żabno, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Tarnów and 69 km (43 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków.
Tarnovia Tarnów is a Polish sports club, founded in 1909 in the southern city of Tarnów. With white and red hues, the club's founders wanted to emphasize their patriotism, during the time when their homeland was divided into three powers. Tarnovia was based on two smaller teams, which had been created by students of local high schools in 1906 and 1908. These organizations, called Bialo-Czerwoni and Pogon, merged in 1909, creating Tarnovia. In the interbellum period its soccer team played in Kraków's A-Class.
Maciej Janowski is a Polish speedway rider who is a member of Poland U-21 and U-19 national teams. He is current Team U-21 World Champion and Team U-19 European Champion.
The 2009 European Individual Speedway Junior Championship will be the 12th UEM Individual Speedway Junior European Championship season. The Final will be place on 11 July 2009 in Tarnów, Poland; it will be fourth Final in Poland, but first time in Tarnów. Defending European Champion is Artur Mroczka from Poland who won in 2008 Final in Stralsund, Germany.
Dennis Perry Tarnow is an American dentist specializing in dental implant research. He is director of implant dentistry at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and a speaker on the subject of implant dentistry.
Tarnów is a Polish parliamentary constituency in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It elects twelve members of the Sejm and three members of the Senate.
John Paul II High School in Tarnów is a general education liceum in Tarnów, Poland. The school was established in 1945.
Grupa Azoty S.A. is the leading Polish chemical industry company headquartered in the Mościce district of Tarnów, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southeastern Poland.
Unia Tarnów, known as Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów for sponsorship reasons, is a men's handball club from Tarnów, Poland, that plays in the Superliga. Between 1978-2010 the club was part of the Unia Tarnów sports club.
Unia Tarnów is a Polish football club.
Unia Tarnów is a Polish motorcycle speedway club from Tarnów.
