Piątek, Łódź Voivodeship
Piątek | |
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Town | |
Sculpture in Piątek marking the "geometrical centre" of Poland. | |
Piątek | |
| Coordinates: 52°4′9″N 19°28′50″E / 52.06917°N 19.48056°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Łódź |
| County | Łęczyca |
| Gmina | Piątek |
| Town rights | before 1339 |
| Population (31 December 2020) | |
• Total | 1,690 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ELE |
Piątek [ˈpjɔntɛk] is a town in Łęczyca County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Piątek. It lies approximately 20 km (12 mi) east of Łęczyca and 32 km (20 mi) north of the regional capital Łódź. It is located in the historic Łęczyca Land.
The town has a population of 1,690. It is claimed to lie at the "geometrical centre" of Poland, although it is not the true geographical centre – it is the centre determined as the intersection of the great circle diagonals of a rectangle formed by lines of latitude and longitude passing through the four extreme points of Poland.