Jasło

Jasło
	Jasło
	Jasło palace
; Flag	; Coat of arms
	; Jasło
	Coordinates: 49°44′52″N 21°28′17″E / 49.74778°N 21.47139°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
County	Jasło County
Gmina	Jasło (urban gmina)
Established	12th century
Town rights	1365
	Government
- Mayor	Maria Kurowska
	Area
- Total	36.65 km2 (14.2 sq mi)
Highest elevation	380 m (1,247 ft)
Lowest elevation	225 m (738 ft)
	Population (2006)
- Total	37,768
- Density	1,030.5/km2 (2,669/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	38-200 to 38-211
Area code(s)	+48 13
Car plates	RJS
Website	http://www.jaslo.pl/

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Facade of St. Anthony's Church in Jasło

Jasło [ˈjaswɔ] ( listen) (German: Jassel, Jessel 1325 ^[1]) is a county town in south-eastern Poland with 37,343 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009.^[2] It is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is located in the heartland of the Doły (Pits), and its average altitude is 320 metres above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city. The ‘Patron Saint’ of Jasło is Saint Anthony of Padua.

[edit] History

18 February 1846 - beginning of the Galician peasant revolt. The massacre, led by Jakub Szela (born in Smarżowa), is also known as the Galician Massacre, and began on 18 February 1846. This led to the "Galician Slaughter," in which many nobles and their families were murdered by peasants. Szela units surrounded and attacked manor houses and settlements located in three counties - Sanok, Jasło and Tarnów. The revolt got out of hand and the Austrians had to put it down.

[edit] Etymology

The name derives from Old Polish common word for the "manger" or "trough [trof]" which sounded "jasło" < *jesło (before the Lechitic umlaut). Plausibly, it comes from the Slavonic verb "to eat" - "jeść" < *jesti. The Modern Polish equivalent is "żłób" or more seldom "koryto" and the word "jasło" is forgotten in this meaning.

[edit] Transportation

Jasło is an important railroad junction of southeastern Poland, with trains going into three directions - eastwards (to Zagorz), westwards (to Stróże) and northeast, to Rzeszów. Another line, along the Wisłoka to Dębica, was planned in the interebellum period. Construction on it began in 1938, but it was never completed because of World War II.

[edit] Education

Wyższa Szkoła Hotelarstwa i Turystyki

[edit] Notable people

Born in the area:

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[edit] Twin Towns - Sister Cities

Jasło is twinned with:^[3]

Makó in Hungary (since June 1998) ^[3]
Trebišov in Slovakia (since June 2006) ^[3]
Bardejov in Slovakia (since 1999) ^[3]
Truskavets in Ukraine (since August 2005) ^[3]

Hodonín in Czech Republic (since May 2006) ^[3]
Camposampiero in Italy (since November 2002) ^[3]
Prague in Czech Republic (twinned with Prague district 10, since 12 May 2008) ^[3]^[4]