Piszczac

Piszczac
Town
Coat of arms
Piszczac
Coordinates: 51°58′52″N 23°22′34″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Biała Podlaska
Gmina	Piszczac
Town rights	1530
Population
• Total	2,087
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	LBI

Piszczac [ˈpʲiʂt͡ʂat͡s] is a town in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.^[1] Today it is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Piszczac. It lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Biała Podlaska and 98 km (61 mi) north-east of the regional capital Lublin.

In 1530–1869, it was a town mentioned in old chronicles and in the census of 1566, as Pieszczatka.^[2]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Dziarnovich, Aleh (2009). Brest (Bieraście) Region (Paviet) Before and After Reform 1565–1566: To History of Administrative and Territorial Divisions in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (PDF) (in Russian). Vol. 1. Kyiv: Ukraina Lithuanica. p. 45.