Annopol

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Annopol
Coat of arms of Annopol
Coat of arms
Annopol (Poland)
Annopol
Annopol
Coordinates: 50°53′N 21°52′E / 50.883, 21.867
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Lublin
County Kraśnik
Gmina Annopol
Government
 - Mayor Wiesław Liwiński
Area
 - Total 7.73 km² (3 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 2,690
 - Density 348/km² (901.3/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 23-235
Car plates LKR
Website: http://www.annopol.lubelskie.pl/

Annopol [anˈnɔpɔl] (Image:Ltspkr.png listen) is a small town in south-eastern Poland with 2,679 (2004) inhabitants, in Kraśnik County. It has been situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999) previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is also the birthplace of Dorota Barbara Jabłonowska, wife of Prince Józef Klemens Czartoryski (1760-1844).

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Annopol received city rights in 1761, lost them in 1869 and regained in 1969.

The coat of arms show St. Anna, the patron saint of the town (the name means "Anna's city", from Greek polis).

Coordinates: 50°53′N, 21°52′E