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{{see also|Polanów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Polanów
| image_skyline = Uliczne rondo w Polanowie - panoramio.jpg
| image_flag = File:Flag polanów.png
| image_shield = POL_Polanow_COA.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Pomeranian Voivodeship|West Pomeranian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Koszalin County|Koszalin]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Polanów|Polanów]]
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Grzegorz Paweł Lipski<ref name=PWL/>
| established_title2 = Town rights
| established_date2 = 1313
| area_total_km2 = 7.61
| population_as_of = 2017<ref name=PWL>{{cite web|url=http://www.polskawliczbach.pl/Polanow|title=Polanów (zachodniopomorskie)|website=Polska w liczbach|access-date=29 October 2019|language=pl}}</ref>
| population_total = 2949
| population_density_km2 = auto
| coordinates = {{coord|54|6|N|16|42|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| elevation_m =
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 76-010
| area_code = +48 94
| registration_plate = ZKO
| website = http://www.polanow.pl
}}
'''Polanów''' {{IPAc-pl|p|o|'|l|a|n|u|f}} ({{langx|de|Pollnow}}) is a town in northern [[Poland]], located in the [[Koszalin County]] of the [[West Pomeranian Voivodeship]]. It has 2,949 inhabitants (2017).
== History ==
The settlement was first mentioned in 13th century, and was granted [[town rights]] in 1313<ref name=PWL/> under [[Lübeck law]].
The town was almost completely destroyed during [[World War II]].
== Points of interest ==
* Gołogóra transmitter, a facility for FM-/TV-broadcasting with 2 guyed masts, which are 271 respectively 115 metres tall
* Historic churches: Church of the Assumption, Exaltation of the Holy Cross church
* Zalew Polanowski (artificial lake)
* Historical watermill complex
<gallery widths="200" heights="180">
Zbudowana w XV wieku wieża gotyckiego kościoła Wniebowzięcia NMP w Polanowie - panoramio.jpg|Church of the Assumption
Polanów - kościół , ul.Sławieńska 1.JPG|Exaltation of the Holy Cross church
Zalew Polanowski.JPG|Zalew Polanowski
</gallery>
==Demographics==
{{Historical populations|align=left|1890|2272|1910|2750|1939|3629|1950|1310|1960|1996|2010|2917
|source=<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Dokumentacja Geograficzna|volume=3/4|year=1967|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Geografii [[Polish Academy of Sciences|Polskiej Akademii Nauk]]|page=39}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|url=https://stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_l_ludnosc_stan_struktura_31_12_2010.pdf|title=Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r.|year=2011|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=109|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113152513/https://stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_l_ludnosc_stan_struktura_31_12_2010.pdf|archive-date=13 November 2011}}</ref>}}
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==Town twinning==
Polanów is twinned with:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://polanow.pl/d/miasta-partnerskie|title=Miasta partnerskie|website=Polanów.pl|access-date=29 October 2019|language=pl}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Gedern]], [[Germany]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Rothenklempenow]], Germany
== Notable people ==
* [[Julius Leopold Pagel]] (1851–1912), German physician and historian of medicine.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category|Polanów}}
* [http://www.polanow.pl/ Official town webpage]
{{Gmina Polanów}}
{{Pomerania}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Koszalin County]]
{{WestPomeranian-geo-stub}}