Starachowice

Infobox Settlement
name = Starachowice


imagesize = 250px
image_caption = County administration building

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image_shield = Starachowice herb.svg
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Świętokrzyskie
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Starachowice County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Starachowice (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Wojciech Bernatowicz
established_title = Established
established_date = 15th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1624 as Wierzbnik
area_total_km2 = 31.85
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 53092
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 51 | latm = 3 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 21 | longm = 4 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 27-200
area_code = +48 41
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = TST
website = http://www.um.starachowice.pl Starachowice Audio-IPA-pl|pl-Starachowice.ogg|s|t|a|r|a|h|o|'|w|i|c|e is a town in central Poland with 56,500 inhabitants (2005).

Starachowice is situated in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (since 1999); it was formerly in the Kielce Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Starachowice County. It is situated upon the River Kamienna, a tributary of the Vistula River.

During the Holocaust, the ghetto in Wierzbnik, a town located nearby, was liquidated, and its prisoners were sent to the Warsaw Ghetto. Later, on October 27 1942, the Warsaw Ghetto was liquidated, and many of the residents of Starachowice and Wierzbnik were sent to the death camp Treblinka.

The Polish truck-brand STAR was produced in Starachowice, and was used as the basis for the first Popemobile for Pope John Paul II's during his first visit to his home country as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The town has a special economy zone with lower tax rates to help the settlement of new industry.

Twin towns

* Aurich
* Rochdale-Heywood
* Schweinfurt
* Skövde
* Vechta