Pilawa

For other places with the same name, see Pilawa (disambiguation).

Pilawa
World War II memorial and pond in Pilawa
Coat of arms
Pilawa
Coordinates: 51°57′38″N21°31′56″E / 51.96056°N 21.53222°E / 51.96056; 21.53222
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Garwolin
Gmina	Pilawa
Town rights	1984
Government
• Mayor	Albina Marianna Łubian
Area
• Total	6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	4,196
• Density	630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	08-440
Area code	+48 25
Car plates	WG
Highways
Voivodeship roads
Website	http://www.pilawa.com.pl

Pilawa [pʲiˈlava] is a town in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,121 inhabitants (2004), 59 km southeast of Warsaw.

History

Pilawa was administratively located in the Siedlce Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.

In 2016, town limits were slightly expanded by including parts of the villages of Jaźwiny and Łucznica. ^[1]

Transport

Pilawa is an important railway junction, it is directly connected to many cities:

• Pilawa-Warsaw
• Pilawa-Dęblin-Lublin
• Pilawa-Mińsk Mazowiecki (inactive)
• Pilawa-Skierniewice (inactive)
• Pilawa-Łuków (inactive)

The Voivodeship road 805 runs through Pilawa, and its junction with the Expressway S17 is located 2 km east from the town.

References

1. Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 28 lipca 2015 r. w sprawie ustalenia granic niektórych miast, nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta, ustalenia granic oraz zmiany nazw i siedzib władz niektórych gmin , Dz. U., 2015, No. 1083