Besko | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 49°35′N 21°57′E / 49.583°N 21.950°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
County | Sanok |
Gmina | Besko |
Population | 3,700 |
Website | http://www.besko.pl |
Besko [ˈbɛskɔ] is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Besko. [1] It lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Sanok and 51 km (32 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów.
As a result of the first of Partitions of Poland (Treaty of St-Petersburg dated 5 July 1772, the Galicia area was attributed to the Habsburg Monarchy. [2] When a postoffice was opened in 1890, [3] the town was in the Sanok Bezirkshauptmannschaft.
For more details, see the article Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.
Besko | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 49°35′N 21°57′E / 49.583°N 21.950°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
County | Sanok |
Gmina | Besko |
Population | 3,700 |
Website | http://www.besko.pl |
Besko [ˈbɛskɔ] is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Besko. [1] It lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Sanok and 51 km (32 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów.
As a result of the first of Partitions of Poland (Treaty of St-Petersburg dated 5 July 1772, the Galicia area was attributed to the Habsburg Monarchy. [2] When a postoffice was opened in 1890, [3] the town was in the Sanok Bezirkshauptmannschaft.
For more details, see the article Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.