Kozienice

Kozienice
Palace in Kozienice
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Kozienice
Coordinates: 51°35′N 21°34′E / 51.583°N 21.567°E / 51.583; 21.567
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Kozienice
Gmina	Kozienice
First mentioned	1206
Town rights	1549
Government
• Mayor	Piotr Kozłowski
Area
• City	10.45 km2 (4.03 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• City	17,075
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
• Metro	30,000
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	26-900
Area code	+48 48
Car plates	WKZ
Website	http://www.kozienice.pl/

Kozienice (Polish pronunciation: [kɔʑɛˈɲit͡sɛ] ^ⓘ; Yiddish: קאזשניץ Kozhnits; German: Koschnitz)^[1] is a town in eastern Poland with 21,500 inhabitants (1995). Located four miles from the Vistula, it is the capital of Kozienice County.

Even though Kozienice is part of Lesser Poland, it is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was in Radom Voivodeship (1975–1998) and in Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939, 1945–1975). North-west of Kozienice, in Świerże Górne, Poland's second largest coal-fired thermal Kozienice Power Station is located. Kozienice gives its name to the protected area called Kozienice Landscape Park.