Kosów Lacki

Kosów Lacki [ˈkɔsuf ˈlat͡skʲi] is a town in Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland,^[1] with 2,152 inhabitants (2004).

Kosów Lacki
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Coat of arms
Kosów Lacki
Coordinates: 52°36′N 22°9′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Sokołów
Gmina	Kosów Lacki
Established	13th century
Town rights	1723–1869, 2000
Government
• Mayor	Jan Słomiak
Area
• Total	11.57 km2 (4.47 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	2,135
• Density	180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	08-330
Area code	+48 25
Car plates	WSK
Website	http://www.kosowlacki.pl

History

The village of Kossów was mentioned in a document of Duke Konrad I of Masovia from 1202. It was a private village of Polish nobility and later private town, administratively located in the Drohiczyn County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.^[2] In 1723, a permit was granted to organize a market twice a week and a fair four times in a year. Kosów was granted town rights. In the 18th century, there were two schools in Kosów, in which 40 percent of the students were girls. In 1869, town rights were revoked, because Kosów participated in the January Uprising.

In 1964, a painting by El Greco titled "Ecstasy of St. Francis of Assisi" was found in the presbytery in Kosów Lacki.

Town rights were restored on 1 January 2000.