Rzgów

For the villages near Konin, see Rzgów Pierwszy and Rzgów Drugi.

Rzgów
Church of Saint Stanislaus
Flag Coat of arms
Rzgów
Coordinates: 51°39′44″N 19°27′35″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Łódź East
Gmina	Rzgów
Government
• Mayor	Mateusz Kamiński
Population  (31 December 2020)
• Total	3,382 [1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	95-030
Vehicle registration	ELW
Website	http://www.rzgow.pl/

Rzgów [ʐɡuf] is a town in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland, with 3,382 inhabitants (2020).[1] It is situated on the Ner River within the Sieradz Land. The town is a member of Cittaslow.

History

It was incorporated as a town in 1467. It was a private church town, administratively located in the Piotrków County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2] In 1870 it was downgraded to a village. In 1469, the Kraków Cathedral Chapter built the Saint Stanislaus church.[3]

In the interwar period, it was administratively located in the Łódź Voivodeship of Poland. According to the 1921 census, the population was 96.0% Polish and 4.0% Jewish.[4]

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Rzgów was occupied by Germany until 1945. In July 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were deported to a transit camp in Łódź and then to the Lublin District in the more-eastern part of German-occupied Poland, while their houses were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[5]

On January 1, 2006 it became a town again.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1827 997 —     1862 1,559 +56.4% 1890 2,171 +39.3% 1910 2,091 −3.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,808 −13.5% 2010 3,359 +85.8% 2020 3,382 +0.7%
Source: [3][4][6][7][1]

Climate

Rzgów has a humid continental climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).

Climate data for Rzgów
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	0.3 (32.5)	2.1 (35.8)	6.9 (44.4)	13.6 (56.5)	18.5 (65.3)	21.7 (71.1)	23.7 (74.7)	23.5 (74.3)	18.6 (65.5)	12.7 (54.9)	7.2 (45.0)	2.4 (36.3)	12.6 (54.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−2.0 (28.4)	−0.8 (30.6)	3.0 (37.4)	8.9 (48.0)	14.0 (57.2)	17.5 (63.5)	19.5 (67.1)	19.1 (66.4)	14.5 (58.1)	9.3 (48.7)	4.7 (40.5)	0.4 (32.7)	9.0 (48.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−4.5 (23.9)	−3.9 (25.0)	−1.0 (30.2)	3.8 (38.8)	8.9 (48.0)	12.5 (54.5)	14.8 (58.6)	14.5 (58.1)	10.4 (50.7)	6.1 (43.0)	2.3 (36.1)	−1.7 (28.9)	5.2 (41.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	48 (1.9)	44 (1.7)	52 (2.0)	51 (2.0)	74 (2.9)	72 (2.8)	96 (3.8)	66 (2.6)	62 (2.4)	48 (1.9)	48 (1.9)	51 (2.0)	712 (27.9)
Source: https://en.climate-data.org/europe/poland/łodz-voivodeship/rzgow-10376/

References

1. "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 13 November 2021. Data for territorial unit 1006104.
2. Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1998. p. 4.
3. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom X (in Polish). Warszawa. 1889. pp. 166–167.
4. Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. II. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1925. p. 63.
5. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 256–257. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
6. Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 44.
7. Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.