Place:Krosno, Krosno, Rzeszów, Poland

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NameKrosno
Alt namesKrólewskie Wolne Miasto Krosnosource: Wikipedia
The Royal Free City of Krosnosource: Wikipedia
TypeTown
Coordinates49.683°N 21.783°E
Located inKrosno, Rzeszów, Poland     (1300 - )
Also located inRzeszów, Poland    
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Krosno (in full 'The Royal Free City of Krosno') is a historical town and county in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. The estimated population of the town is 47,140 inhabitants as of 2014.[1]

The functional urban area of Krosno has a population of 115,000 inhabitants.

Krosno is a medieval fortified town, a former Royal Free Town and centre of cloth, linen, canvas, baize and Hungarian wine trade. It is also notable for its glassmaking traditions, which became known as the Krosno Glassware. Until recently it was a provincial capital.

Krosno is the site of the first oil well (or "mine") in the world.

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