Myszków
Myszków | |
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Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary | |
| Coordinates: 50°34′14″N 19°18′52″E / 50.57056°N 19.31444°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Myszków |
| Gmina | Myszków (urban gmina) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Włodzimierz Żak |
| Area | |
• Total | 73.59 km2 (28.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30) | |
• Total | 31,650 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 42-300 |
| Car plates | SMY |
| Website | https://www.miastomyszkow.pl/ |
Myszków [ˈmɨʂkuf] is a town in Poland, with 31,650 inhabitants (2019). Situated on the Warta river in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975–1998), it is the capital of Myszków County. Myszków historically belongs to Lesser Poland, and the area where the town is located was, until the Partitions of Poland, part of Kraków Voivodeship's County of Lelów. Myszków is located along one of the oldest Polish rail lines, the Warsaw–Vienna railway, and near the Central Rail Line.