Kazanów | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Coordinates:51°16′19″N21°27′23″E / 51.27194°N 21.45639°E /51.27194; 21.45639 | |
| Country | |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Zwoleń |
| Gmina | Kazanów |
| Founded | 1566[1] |
| Population | |
• Total | 460 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WZW |
Kazanów[kaˈzanuf] is atown inZwoleń County,Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[2] It is the seat of thegmina (administrative district) calledGmina Kazanów.

Kazanów was founded in 1566 by the decree of KingSigismund II Augustus on the premises of the adjacent village ofMiechów, the heir of which was Marcin Kazanowski.[1] It was aprivate town of the Kazanowski, Strzałkowski and Wąsowicznoble families,[1] administratively located in theSandomierz Voivodeship in theLesser Poland Province of Poland.
During theGerman occupation (World War II), on 18 March 1942, the occupiers carried out a massacre of 16 Poles and 16 Jews.
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