Poniatowa

Poniatowa
Church of the Holy Spirit in Poniatowa
Coat of arms
Poniatowa
Coordinates: 51°11′34″N 22°03′53″E / 51.19278°N 22.06472°E / 51.19278; 22.06472
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Opole Lubelskie
Gmina	Poniatowa
Government
• Mayor	Paweł Kaczmarczyk (PiS)
Area
• Total	15.26 km2 (5.89 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	9,911
• Density	650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	24-320
Area code	81
Website	http://www.poniatowa.pl

Poniatowa [pɔɲaˈtɔva] is a town in southeastern Poland, in Opole Lubelskie County, in Lublin Voivodship, with 10,500 inhabitants (2006). It belongs to the historic province of Lesser Poland. During the existence of the 17th-century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Poniatowa was part of the Lublin Voivodeship also. For most of its history Poniatowa was a village; it did not receive town charter until July 18, 1962. The town has a sports club Stal, established in 1951.