Frampol
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Lublin | ||
| County | Biłgoraj | ||
| Gmina | Frampol | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Tadeusz Niedźwiecki | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 4.67 km² (1.8 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 245 m (804 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 1,415 | ||
| - Density | 303/km² (784.8/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 23-440 | ||
| Car plates | LBL | ||
| Website: http://www.frampol.pl | |||
Frampol [ˈframpɔl] is a town in Poland, in Lublin Voivodeship, in Biłgoraj County. It has 1,440 inhabitants (2004).
The town was founded in 1705, with a unique, highly symmetric layout of streets in the shape of concentric rectangles around a large central square. In 1869 it lost its official status as a town, to recover it only in 1993. During World War II 90% of the town's buildings were destroyed in a raid carried out by the Luftwaffe on September 13, 1939. During the German occupation the town's significant Jewish community perished in the Holocaust. The town never fully recovered - its population today is less than half of what it was before the war.
[edit] External links
- Official town webpage
- Description of Frampol in the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland
- Description of the Jewish Cemetery in Frampol
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