KROSNO

city, capital of Krosno wojewdztwo, (province), extreme southeastern Poland. Set on the sloping plains of the Lower Beskid mountain range amid forests of beech and white fir, the city dates from the 14th century and is one of the oldest in the area. Krosno is the centre of Poland's mineral-oil industry and has food-processing plants and factories for the production of glass, textiles, and electrical machinery. Natural gas from local deposits is used to heat the city and surrounding communities and is shipped in pipelines to Warsaw, Krakw, and Upper Silesia. A 14th-century Gothic church (rebuilt in the 17th century), buildings with connecting arcades from the 15th and 16th centuries, the Burgomaster House (Kamienica Wojtowa) built in 1525, and a regional museum are points of interest. Pop. (1995 est.) 49,400.