Stare Miasto, Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Village in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other places with the same name, see Stare Miasto.
Stare Miasto (Polish: [ˈstarɛ ˈmjastɔ]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leżajsk, within Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Leżajsk and 41 km (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]
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Coordinates: 50°17′N 22°25′E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
County | Leżajsk |
Gmina | Leżajsk |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | RLE |
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It was the former location of the nearby town of Leżajsk, which was eventually moved to its present location in 1524 by Polish King Sigismund I the Old. Afterwards, as Stare Miasto ("Old Town") it was a royal village of the Polish Crown.