Siedlce

For other places with the same name, see Siedlce (disambiguation). Siedlce City center Flag Coat of arms Siedlce is located in Poland Siedlce Coordinates: 52°9′54″N 22°16′17″E / 52.165°N 22.27139°E / 52.165; 22.27139 Country Poland Voivodeship Masovian County City county Established 1448 Town rights 1547 Government - Mayor Wojciech Kudelski Area - Total 32 km2 (12.4 sq mi) Elevation 155 m (509 ft) Population (2009) - Total 77,319 - Density 2,416.2/km2 (6,258/sq mi) Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Postal code 08-100 to 08-119 Area code(s) +48 025 Car plates WS Website <a href="http://www.siedlce.pl/" target="_blank">http://www.siedlce.pl/</a> Siedlce [ˈɕɛdlt​͡sɛ] ( listen) (Yiddish: שעדליץ Shedlits, Russian: Седльце Sedlets (Latinized)) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,319 inhabitants (as of 2009[update]). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship (1975–1998). The city, which is part of the historical province of Lesser Poland, was most probably founded some time before 15th century and was first mentioned under the name of Siedlecz in a document of 1448. In 1503 Daniel Siedlecki erected a new village of the same name nearby and a church in the middle. In 1547 the town, created out of a merger of the two villages, was granted Magdeburg rights by King Sigismund the Old. Until 1807, when it was confiscated by the Russian authorities, it remained a private property of several notable magnate families, among them Czartoryski and Ogiński.