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Łódź ( Polish pronunciation: [wut͡ɕ] [WU-tsh]; Yiddish : לאדזש , Lodzh ; English pronunciation: / l uː dʒ / , [LU-dsh] / l ɒ d z / [LO-dz] or / w ʊ tʃ / [WOO-tsh]) is the third-largest city in Poland . Located in the central part of the country, it had a population of 742,387 in December 2009. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship , and is approximately 135 kilometres (84 mi) south-west of Warsaw . The city's coat of arms is an example of canting : depicting a boat. It alludes to the city's name which
An important industrial centre, the city, dubbed the Polish Manchester , has been famous for its textile industry, however, after years of prosperity during the socialist era , the city experienced decline after the fall of communism throughout Central and Eastern Europe. In recent years, Łódź was seemingly forgotten by the government, investors, and travelers in favor for other cities, such as Kraków , Warsaw or Wrocław .
Łódź first appears in the written record in a 1332 document giving the village of Łodzia to the bishops of Włocławek . In 1423 King Władysław II Jagiełło officially granted city rights to the village of Łódź . From then until the 18th century the town remained a small settlement on a trade route between the provinces of Masovia and Silesia . In the 16th century the town had fewer than 800 inhabitants, mostly working on the surrounding grain farms.