Grabów, Warsaw
Grabów | |
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City Information System area (neighbourhood) | |
The housing estate of Grabów near Puławska Street. | |
The location of Grabów within Ursynów. | |
| Coordinates: 52°08′42″N 21°00′58″E / 52.14500°N 21.01611°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| City and county | Warsaw |
| District | Ursynów |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +48 22 |
Grabów (Polish: [ˈɡra.buf]) is a neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, located in the Ursynów district of Warsaw, Poland. It is a residential area, predominantly with low-rise housing. The neighbourhood consists of three historic neighbourhoods, Stary Grabów, Grabówek, and Krasnowola, as well as the housing estate of Grabów, composed of terraced house. It also features the Advanced Materials and Technologies Centre, the largest high tech research facilities in Poland.
The oldest known records of Grabów, then a small village, date to the 18th century. In the 19th century, the villages of Grabówek, and Krasnowola were founded nearby. The area was incorporated into the city in 1951. In the 1980s and 1990s, the housing estate of Grabów was developed.