Mielec
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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Mielec
| image_skyline = Polska Mielec rynek.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = Main Square
| image_flag = Mielec flaga.svg
| image_shield = POL Mielec COA.svg
| image_map = Plan Mielca.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Subcarpathian Voivodeship|Subcarpathian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mielec County]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = Mielec <small>(urban gmina)</small>
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Janusz Chodorowski
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1229
| established_title3 = Town rights
| established_date3 = 1470
| area_total_km2 = 47.36
| population_as_of = 2006
| population_total = 61118
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| latd = 50 | latm = 17 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 21 | longm = 26 | longs = | longEW = E
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 39-300 to 39-303, 39-323
| area_code = +48 17
| blank_name = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]]
| blank_info = RMI
| website = http://www.mielec.pl }}
'''Mielec''' [{{IPA-pl|'|m|j|e|l|e|c}}] ({{lang-yi|מעליץ-''Melitz''}}) is a city in south-eastern [[Poland]] with a population of about 63,000. It is situated in the [[Subcarpathian Voivodeship]] (Województwo Podkarpackie) (since 1999); previously it was in [[Rzeszów Voivodeship]] (1975-1998). Mielec is a capital city of [[Mielec County]].
== History ==
First mentioned in a [[papal bull]] in [[1229]]. In [[1457]] it obtained its
city charter. Mielec became part of the [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austrian empire]] in [[1772]], in which it remained until Poland regained its independence in [[1918]]. The town had a significant Jewish community, which perished in the [[Holocaust]] carried out by the occupying [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] forces in the course of [[World War II]].
The town's economy has been centered for the last 70 years around a single industrial enterprise, which transformed the town and increased its population sixfold. This process began in the 1930s, when Poland launched a significant expansion of its armaments industry, focused on building plants in the newly created [[Central Industrial Region]]. As part of this effort, in the years [[1937]]-[[1939]] a large aviation factory of the [[PZL]] company was set up in the town. It developed further after [[1945]] into the
largest aviation factory in Poland under the name [[WSK-Mielec]]
(''Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego''; in English, ''Transport Equipment Manufacturing Centre'').
At first, the factory produced Soviet-designed planes under license. Thus it was the primary production site of the widely used [[An-2]] transport plane.
It also manufactured Polish versions of the [[MiG-15]] and [[MiG-17]]
fighters. The factory also built planes designed in Poland such as the trainer plane [[TS-11 Iskra]] used by Poland and India. In [[1998]] the company changed its name to [[PZL-Mielec]] (''Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze'', in
English Polish Aviation Works). After [[1989]] and the economic changes
due to the fall of communism, the factory orders declined and it has
encountered serious financial difficulties. It continued to produce
successful aircraft types, but at much lower volumes than during the
Cold War. In 2007 the factory has been acquired by [[Sikorsky Aircraft|Sikorsky]] and will be the main production site of the export version [[UH-60 Black Hawk]] helicopter [http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=205626].
== Relics ==
* Minor basilica of [[Matthew the Evangelist]], built in [[1526]]
* Oborscys' manor-house from XVII century
* Jadernys' house (currently museum)
* Musical school
* [[St. Mark]] church
== Economy ==
From the beginning of [[Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy]] Mielec is commonly associated with [[PZL Mielec]] aviation factory.
The first [[Special Economic Zone]] in Poland, [[Special Economic Zone EURO-PARK MIELEC|SEZ EURO-PARK MIELEC]], has been founded in Mielec in [[1995]] and has a great impact on economy of Mielec.
== Sports ==
* '''[[Stal Mielec|FKS Stal Mielec]]''' - men's [[Football in Poland|football]] team currently in 4th league:
**Participating in [[Polish Premier League|Poland's Ekstraklasa Premier League]]: 1st place in 1972/73 season; 1st place in 1975/76 season; 2nd place in 1974/75 season; 3rd place in 1973/74 season; 3rd place in 1983/84 season.
**Participating in [[Polish Cup]]: finalist in 1976 season
**Participating in [[UEFA Cup]]: quarter-finalist in 1975/76 season
**Participating in [[European Champions Cup]]: first round elimination in 1973/74 season; first round elimination in 1976/77 season
**''Notable players'': [[Grzegorz Lato]], [[Henryk Kasperczak]], [[Andrzej Szarmach]], [[Jan Domarski]]
* '''[[KPSK Stal Mielec]]''' - women's [[Volleyball in Poland|volleyball]] team playing in [[Liga Siatkówki Kobiet]]: 2nd place in 1999/2000 season.
* '''[[SPR BRW Stal Mielec]]''' - men's [[Handball in Poland|handball]] team playing in '''Ekstraklasa'''
== Education ==
* [[Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki i Zarządzania]]
== People related to Mielec ==
* [[Marek Bałata]] - jazz musician
* [[Mieczysław Działowski]] and [[Stanisław Działowski]] - aircraft constructors and pilots
* [[Piotr Gąsowski]] - actor
* [[Grzegorz Lato]] - football player, senator
* [[Jerzy Mamcarz]] - poet, singer, composer
* [[Zbigniew Mączka]] - parliamentarian (Sejm RP 1993-1997), Polish Civil Aviation Authority vice-president
* [[Władysław Ortyl]]
* [[Władysław Szafer]] - biologist
* [[Hieronim Wrona]] - music reporter
==Twin towns==
{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Douchy-les-Mines]]<br/>{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Löhne]]<br/>{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Mukacheve]]<br/>{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Tiszaföldvár]]<br/>{{flagicon|PRT}} [[Vila Nova de Poiares]]
== External links ==
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*[http://www.mielec.pl/ Mielec home page (in Polish)]
*[http://www.pzlmielec.com.pl/ang/index1.php PZL aviation factory in Mielec]
*[http://www.starymielec.pl History of Mielec]
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