Piszczac | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lublin |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Biała Podlaska |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Piszczac |
Established Title: | Town rights |
Established Date: | 1530 |
Coordinates: | 51.9811°N 23.3761°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 2087 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | LBI |
Piszczac is a town in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] Today it is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Piszczac. It lies approximately 20km (10miles) east of Biała Podlaska and 980NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Lublin.
In 1530–1869, it was a town mentioned in old chronicles and in the census of 1566, as Pieszczatka.[2]