Pilawa

For other places with the same name, see Pilawa (disambiguation).

Pilawa [pʲiˈlava] is a town in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland,^[1] with 4,121 inhabitants (2004), 59 km (37 mi) southeast of Warsaw.

Pilawa
World War II memorial and pond in Pilawa
Coat of arms
Pilawa
Coordinates: 51°57′38″N 21°31′56″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Garwolin
Gmina	Pilawa
Town rights	1984
Government
• Mayor	Albina Marianna Łubian
Area
• Total	6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	4,196
• Density	630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	08-440
Area code	+48 25
Car plates	WG
Highways
Voivodeship roads
Website	http://www.pilawa.com.pl

History

Pilawa was administratively located in the Siedlce Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.

In 2016, town limits were slightly expanded by including parts of the villages of Jaźwiny and Łucznica.^[2]

Transport

Pilawa is an important railway junction, it is directly connected to many cities:

• Pilawa-Warsaw
• Pilawa-Dęblin-Lublin
• Pilawa-Mińsk Mazowiecki (inactive)
• Pilawa-Skierniewice (inactive)
• Pilawa-Łuków (inactive)

The Voivodeship road 805 runs through Pilawa, and its junction with the Expressway S17 is located 2 km (1 mi) east from the town.