Ustroń

Poland / Slaskie / Ustron /
 city, third-level administrative division, spa town

Ustroń [ˈustrɔɲ] (Image:Ltspkr.png listen) (German: Ustron) is a health resort town in Cieszyn Silesia, southern Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975-1998). It lies in the Silesian Beskids mountain range.

According to the Austrian census of 1910 the town had 4,275 inhabitants, 4,265 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 3,917 (91.8%) were Polish-speaking and 333 (7.8%) were German-speaking. Jews were not allowed to declare Yiddish, most of them thus declared the German language as their native. Most populous religious groups were Protestants with 2,439 (57%) followed by Roman Catholics with 1,728 (40.4%) and the Jews with 107 (2.5%).[1]

The village has a futuristic outlook because of a cluster of pyramid-shaped hotels. It is also the home of the Museum of Metallurgy. The Równica and Czantoria mountains are nearby and hikable from the town center.
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Coordinates:   49°43'6"N   18°50'9"E
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