Poreba is a town in Zawiercie County, in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, with 8,525 inhabitants as of 2019. It covers an area of 40 square kilometers, almost half of which is forested, and has a rail station on the line from Miasteczko Slaskie to Zawiercie.
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Founding Year Founding Year Sources
1. GeoNames: Poreba
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GeoNames cities500 dump: name match Poręba, country PL, population 8718
2. Wikipedia (Polish): Poręba
Wikipedia (Polish)Article text: founding statement
Osada założona została w XIV wieku.
Source text, founding-year: 1373
Pierwsza wzmianka o Porębie pochodzi z 1373 roku.
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