Alternate names: Kazanów [Pol], Kazanov [Rus]. Kazanów village
in Zwoleń County, Masovian Voivodeship at 51°17' N 21°28' E in
east-central Poland is the seat of the administrative district
called Gmina Kazanów, 13 km (8 mi) SW of Zwoleń and 110 km (68
mi) S of Warsaw with a population of 460. Other villages in the
gmina include Borów, Dębniak, Dębnica, Dobiec, Kopiec, Kowalków,
Kowalków-Kolonia, Kroczów Mniejszy, Kroczów Większy, Miechów,
Miechów-Kolonia, Niedarczów Dolny-Kolonia, Niedarczów Dolny-
Wieś, Niedarczów Górny-Kolonia, Niedarczów Górny-Wieś, Ostrówka,
Ostrownica, Ostrownica-Kolonia, Osuchów, Ruda, Wólka Gonciarska,
Zakrzówek, and Zakrzówek-Kolonia. The first mention of the
Jewish population Kazanów dates from the mid-17th century or
1711 according to other sources. Archival records from 1662
mention Kazanowie had sixteen Jewish taxpayers and `673-74 and
1673, thirteen. The minutes of the local Catholic parish showed
that in 1711 in the Kazanowie Jewish community had a wooden
prayer house. Jewish pop