Pabianice


Pabianice is a town in central Poland with 64,757 inhabitants. Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the capital of Pabianice County. It lies about southwest of Łódź and belongs to the metropolitan area of that city. It is the third largest city in the Łódź Voivodeship by population. The area of the city covers being the 10th largest in Łódź Voivodeship.
According to data from 2009 Pabianice covers with following split: agricultural land: 53%, forests: 9%. The city covers 6.70% of Pabianice County.
Neighbour administrative divisions: gmina Dobroń, gmina Ksawerów, miasto Łódź, gmina Pabianice, gmina Rzgów.

Transportation

Pabianice has seen major infrastructural changes over the past few years amidst increased investment and economic growth. The city has a much improved infrastructure with new roads.
Pabianice now has a good circular road system. Pabianice bypass opened in May 2012. However, parts of S8 are currently under construction and to be completed within 2012.
Near Pabianice there is an international airport: Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport located just from the city centre.
Public transport in Pabianice includes buses, trams, as of 2013 commuter railway Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna
and regional rail PKP Przewozy Regionalne.
The regional rail and light rail is operated by Polish State Railways. There are also some suburban bus lines run by private operators. Bus service covers the entire city.
Currently, the Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne company runs line number 41 which connects Pabianice with Łódź City.

Demography

Before World War II, Pabianice had a substantial Jewish population, comprising about a quarter of all residents of the town. Jews had been living in the town since the 1700s. Under the German occupation, beginning in 1939, nearly the entire Jewish population was murdered. Some were murdered in the town, several thousand were sent to the Chelmno camp where they were immediately gassed, and others were expelled to Lodz and to labor camps in the area. Only about 150 survived of the 9000 Jews thought to be living in Pabianice at the start of the war. For more on the wartime experience see Megargee.
More recently, the population of Pabianice has been steadily decreasing. Between 2002 and 2016 it fell from 72,444 to 66,265.

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Unemployment

According to source data from 2009
average income per capita was on the level of 1844,96 PLN.
According to source data from October 2011
average unemployment rate in Pabianice is on the level of 15,6%

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Architecture

  1. Church of St. Matthew the Evangelist in Pabianice
  2. Fortified manor house of Cracovian Chapter
  3. Weaver houses
  4. "Krusche-Ender" cotton factory buildings
  5. Old offices "Krusche-Ender" with "prządki" sculpture
  6. Old palace of Enders' family
  7. Lutheran Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
  8. Neo-Gothic kościół Najświętszej Marii Panny
  9. Christian cemeteries
  10. Railway station
  11. Jewish Cemetery
  12. Synagogue
  13. Renaissance Revival pentecostal chapel near Ludwik Waryński St.
  14. Maria Konopnicka Special Education School Complex
  15. Pabianicki Harvard Heureka Private Schools

    Quarters and administrative subdivisions

Centrum, Bugaj, Piaski, Stare Miasto, Karniszewice, Klimkowizna, Jutrzkowice, Wola Zaradzyńska Nowa, J. Salwy, Marii Konopnickiej, Jana Pawła II, Mikołaja Kopernika, Dąbrowa, Rypułtowice, Czyryczyn, Karolew, Zatorze.

Notable people

ClubSportFoundedLeagueVenueHead Coach
Language School PabianiceBasketball1946First LeagueMOSiR, ul. Grota-Roweckiego 3, PabianiceSylwia Wlaźlak
Włókniarz PabianiceFootball1946Łódzka Klasa OkręgowaMOSiR, ul. Grota-Roweckiego 3, PabianiceJacek Włodarczewski
PTC PabianiceFootball1906Łódzka Klasa OkręgowaStadium, ul. Stefanii Sempołowskiej 6, PabianiceJan Rykała

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Pabianice is twinned with: