Ursynów-Centrum
Ursynów-Centrum | |
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City Information System area (neighbourhood) | |
The apartment buildings at Indiry Gandhi Street. | |
Ursynów-Centrum within the Ursynów district. | |
| Coordinates: 52°09′10″N 21°02′44″E / 52.15278°N 21.04556°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 |
Ursynów-Centrum (Polish: [urˈsɘ̟n.uf ˈt͡sɛn.trum], lit. 'Ursynów-Centre') is a neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, in Warsaw, Poland, within the Ursynów district. It is a residential area, predominantly dominated by apartment buildings, with a presence of low-rise single-family housing in the east.
It consists of two large housing estates, Imielin, and Na Skraju, which together form an area known as the South Ursynów (Polish: Ursynów Południowy [urˈsɘ̟n.uf pɔ.wudˈɲɔ.vɘ̟]). Additionally, the neighbourhood of Wolica is located to their east, featuring houses, villas, and apartment buildings. Among notable landmarks, there are Arena Ursynów indoor sports stadium, Multikino Ursynów multiplex, KEN Center shopping mall, and thr Thomas the Apostle Church. It also includes the Imielin station of the Warsaw Metro rapit transit system.
The village of Wolica was founded in the area at the turn of the 15th century. They were incorporated into Warsaw in 1951. Between 1976 and 1981, two housing estates of Imielin and Na Skraju were developed in the area. In 1995, it was connected to the Warsaw Metro network.