Leszno commune is in Warszawa-Zachód county, Mazowieckie wojewodship. Flag:
4 horizontal stripes blue - yellow - blue - yellow, proportioned 6:1:1:1.
Leszno commune is situated in the Mazovian province, in the Warszawa
Zachód County. In the centre of the commune, around 30 km from Warsaw (the
capitol of Poland) there is a village called Leszno - where the offices
of local authorities are.
Leszno commune is mainly agricultural. It is one of the main suppliers
of Warsaw in vegetables and cereals. In the Northern part of the commune
are many forests.
Around 46% of Leszno commune are terrains of the Kampinoski National
Park where you can find natural beauty & recreation area, walk &
bicycles trails, and also in Leszno commune in there is Równina Łowicko-Błońska
(Łowicko-Błońska Plateau) with fertile grounds.
Leszno commune borders on: from East with communities: Izabelin and
Stare Babice, whose eastern borders are connected with Warsaw, the capital
of Poland; from South and West there are communes: Ożarów Mazowiecki, Błonie
and Kampinos. From south-western there is small connection with Teresin
commune from Sochaczew County. From the North there is connection with
Nowy Dwór County, and precisely with its two communes: Leoncin and Czosnów.
Leszno commune is divided into 22 villages with 31 town and villages.
The highest population density in the community nowadays is in Leszno and
Zaborów, and there are a few more which are growing rapidly.
Gunnar Staack, 13 Oct 2000.
The emblem of Leszno commune originally comes from the emblem of the
nobility of the Leszczyński family from the Mazovia. In the Middle Ages
Leszno was owned by the Leszczyński family. Here was also the place of
its residence. The name "Leszno" as such comes directly from the last name
of the family which was written either Leszczyńscy or Lesniewscy. Due to
this fact in XVI and XVII century the village was called both Leszno as
well as Leśno.
At the navy blue shield is a silver horseshoe with its ends turned down.
At the top is a cross, the second one is placed in the center of the horseshoe.
For the needs of the emblem of Leszno commune to the original "Boża
Wola" emblem there was added two golden wheatears at the bottom. These
wheatears are the symbol of the assiduity of the farmers from Leszno.
Marek Wasilewski prepared the visualisation of the emblem.
![[Leszno flag]](../images/p/pl-ma-le.gif)
image by Gunnar Staack, 13 Oct 2000.
See also:
![[Leszno coat of arms]](../images/p/pl-ma)ls.jpg)
image from this website.
