Pustków Osiedle
Village in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pustków Osiedle [ˈpustkuf ɔˈɕɛdlɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dębica, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland (historic Lesser Poland). It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Dębica and 37 km (23 mi) west of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1] The housing estate (Polish: Osiedle) – built in the 1930s – is nearly synonymous with the adjacent Pustków village.[2] Total area of Pustków Osiedle – the smallest village in Gmina Dębica – is 150 hectares (370 acres); while the area of Pustków – the largest – is 2,285 hectares (5,650 acres).[3]
Pustków Osiedle | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 50°6′54″N 21°30′46″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
County | Dębica |
Gmina | Dębica |
Population | 2,727 |
The history of Pustków Osiedle is closely connected with Central Industrial Area, one of the biggest public works projects of the Second Polish Republic. Before the mid-1930s, it did not exist. A small settlement, located in the Sandomierz Forest, was known simply as Pustków. It was the location of the notorious Pustków concentration camp in World War II.[4]