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Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Railway station
Railway station
Coat of arms of Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyGrodzisk Mazowiecki County
GminaGmina Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Town rights1522
Government
 • MayorGrzegorz Józef Benedykciński
Area
 • Total
13.19 km2 (5.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
27,055
 • Density2,100/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
05-825 to 05-827
Area code+48 022
Car platesWGM
Websitehttp://www.grodzisk.pl

Grodzisk Mazowiecki Template:Audio-IPA-pl is a town in central Poland with 26,881 inhabitants in 2006. It is 30 km. southwest of Warsaw.

Between 1975 and 1998 it was situated in the Warszawa Voivodeship but since 1999 it has been situated in the Masovian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Grodzisk Mazowiecki County.

The town had a Jewish community and it had been the center of the Hasidic Grodzhisk dynasty, (Grodzisk Mazowiecki being pronounced as "Grodzhisk" in Yiddish.)


52°07′N 20°38′E / 52.117°N 20.633°E / 52.117; 20.633