Besko

Besko [ˈbɛskɔ] is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Besko.^[1] It lies approximately 20 km (12 mi) west of Sanok and 51 km (32 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów.

Besko
Village
Municipal office
Coat of arms
Besko
Coordinates: 49°35′N 21°57′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Subcarpathian
County	Sanok
Gmina	Besko
Population	3,700
Website	http://www.besko.pl

History

As a result of the first of Partitions of Poland (Treaty of St-Petersburg dated 5 July 1772, the Galicia area was attributed to the Habsburg Monarchy.^[2] When a postoffice was opened in 1890,^[3] the town was in the Sanok Bezirkshauptmannschaft.

Austrian KK stamp 1890 issue, cancelled in Besko

For more details, see the article Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.