Lublin

http://www.lublin.turystyka.pl/

Partnership Agreement was signed on 4 March 1996

Population: over 350 000 inhabitants

Area: 147,5 км2

Country: Poland

Region: Lublin voivodship

President: Adam Wasilewski

Lublin, administrative centre of the voivodship and the capital of the Lublin Region, and home to 365 thousand inhabitants, is the biggest town in Eastern Poland. The location of the town atop loessial rolling hills of the Lublin Upland in the valley of the Bystrzyca and its tributaries is one of its assets. During the 5th and 7th centuries the inhabitants of Lublin grew in number, and by 1317 Lublin was granted municipal status. In 1474 Lublin became the capital of the voivodship, a role it has continuously played to this day. During the years of the first Republic, Lublin, which was centrally located, was inhabited by different nationalities and religious denominations that constituted a rich and varied community.

Assets of Lublin:

An academic centre recognized in Poland and abroad, with universities such as Maria Sklodowska-Curie University, Catholic University of Lublin, the European Ph.D. College of Polish and Ukrainian Universities, numerous vocational colleges and over a 100-thousand society of students and a colourful Campus.
City of highbrow culture hosting events such as Theatre Confrontations International Festival, Oldest Songs from Little Europe International Festival, Everlasting International Guitar Festival, Culture Night, Jagiellonian Fair, student and niche events. Lublin means also the Old Town with the original medieval spatial arrangement and the Holy Trinity Chapel from the 16th century decorated with Byzantine and Russian mural paintings coming from the year 1418, which is entered, along with the Basilica of the Dominican Friars and the Union of Lublin monument, into the list of the treasures of the European cultural heritage.
City which gladly welcomes guests from 17 twin cities across Europe, USA and Canada as well as guests from numerous friendly cities from the East and from the West; laureate of the “Golden Star of Partnership” and the European Diploma for international cooperation.
City of ambitious and well-educated people able to take up challenges
On the current job and competition market, a city with the rapidly developing services sector, investor-friendly, providing favourable conditions for making good business
City which nourishes good relationships with the closest neighbouring countries – cities in Ukraine and Belarus that cultivate their traditional multiculturalism and at the same time gain dynamism and look into the future