Płońsk
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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Płońsk
| image_skyline = PL Płońsk old castle place.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = [[Hill fort]] in Płońsk
| image_shield = POL Płońsk COA.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Masovian Voivodeship|Masovian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Płońsk County]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = Płońsk <small>(urban gmina)</small>
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Andrzej Józef Pietrasik
| established_title = Established
| established_date = [[11th century]]
| established_title3 = Town rights
| established_date3 = 1400
| area_total_km2 = 11.6
| population_as_of = 2006
| population_total = 22233
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| latd = 52 | latm = 38 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 20 | longm = 23 | longs = | longEW = E
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 09-100
| area_code = +48 023
| blank_name = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]]
| blank_info = WPN
| website = http://www.plonsk.pl }}
'''Płońsk''' {{Audio-IPA-pl|Plonsk.ogg|p|ł|o|ń|s|k}} ({{lang-yi|Plonsk}}) is a town in north-central [[Poland]] with 22,258 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in the [[Masovian Voivodeship]] (since 1999); previously, in was in [[Ciechanów Voivodeship]] (1975-1998). It is home to a yearly open theatre festival (held in the summer).
==History==
Płońsk gained city rights from the prince [[Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia|Siemowit IV]] of Masovia some time between 1399 and 1412.
==Monuments==
The church and the old monastery of [[Calced Carmelites]] were founded before 1417 by the prince [[Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia|Siemowit IV]] of Masovia and his wife Aleksandra, [[Jogaila|Jogaila's]] sister.
==Famous people==
* [[David Ben-Gurion]] - the first [[Prime Minister]] of [[Israel]], was born in Płońsk on [[October 16]], [[1886]].
* [[Jan Walery Jędrzejewicz]] - father of Polish [[spectroscopy]], author of the astronomy book called ''Kosmografia'' ([[Cosmology]])
* dr Leon Rutkowski - explorer, antropologist and doctor
* [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]] - one of the outstanding writers of the second half of the 19th century, spent one year of his life in Poswietne, he wrote his first published novel called ''Na marne'' (''In Vain'').
* [[Roman Gutkowski]] - Polish journalist working for [[Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat|Dziennik]] daily.
==External links==
*[http://plonsk.europa.pl/ Interactive map of Płońsk]
*[http://plonsk.pl/ Płońsk official website]
*[http://www.plonsk.idl.pl/ Independent forum of Płońsk citizens]
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