Stalowa Wola - Location and Name

Location and Name

Stalowa Wola lies in the lowlands of the Sandomierz Basin, near the San river. On January 1, 2010, the area of the town was 82 sq. km., and 60% of Stalowa Wola is covered by pine forests, remnants of the once enormous Sandomierz Wilderness. The name of the town (Stalowa Wola can be translated into English as “steel will”), comes from words of General Tadeusz Kasprzycki, Minister of Military Affairs of Poland, who stated in the late 1930s that Central Industrial Area symbolizes the steel will of the Polish nation to modernize itself.