Piastów Explained

Piastów
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Masovian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Pruszków
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Piastów (urban gmina)
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Grzegorz Waldemar Szuplewski
Established Title:Established
Established Date:16th century as Żdżary
Established Title3:Town rights
Established Date3:1952
Area Total Km2:5.83
Area Urban Km2:5.76
Population As Of:2014
Population Total:22826
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:22826
Population Density Urban Km2:4050.5
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:52.1833°N 71°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:05-820
Area Code:+48 22
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:WPR
Website:http://piastow.pl/

Piastów is a town in central Poland, near Warsaw, with 23,331 inhabitants (2006 est). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodship (since 1999); previously, it was in Warszawa Voivodship (1975–1998). With 3963 persons/km², it is the second most densely populated township in Poland (after Świętochłowice).

In the Middle Age, the villages of Żdżary and Utrata existed in the place of today's' Piastów. Piastów is served by Piastów railway station.