What is "lublin"

Lublin (, , Lublin, , ; ) is the ninth largest city in Poland and the second largest city of Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship (province) with a population of 349,103 (March 2011). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of the Vistula River, and is located approximately to the southeast of Warsaw.

Lublin, until the partitions at the end of the 18th century, was a royal city of the Crown Kingdom of Poland. Its delegates and nobles had the right to participate in the Royal Election. In 1578 Lublin was chosen as the seat of the Crown Tribunal, the highest appeal court in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and for centuries the city has been flourishing as a centre of culture and higher learning, together with Kraków, Warsaw and Lviv.

Although Lublin was not spared from severe destruction during World War II, its picturesque and historical Old Town has been preserved. The district is one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments ( Pomnik historii), as designated May 16, 2007, and tracked by the National Heritage Board of Poland.

Lublin is the name of a number of people, places and things, all named after the city of Lublin, Poland:

Lublin is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yehudo Leib Eiger of Lublin, a town in Poland.

In European elections, Lublin is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the Lublin Voivodeship.

Lublin is a Polish parliamentary constituency in the Lublin Voivodeship. It elects fifteen members of the Sejm and three members of the Senate.

The district has the number '6' and is named after the city of Lublin. It includes the counties of Janów Lubelski, Kraśnik, Łęczna, Lubartów, Lublin, Łuków, Opole Lubelskie, Puławy, Ryki, and Świdnik and the city county of Lublin.