Andrychów
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Andrychów () is the largest town in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The town is located in the Little Beskids, in the historical region of Lesser Poland, on the river Wieprzówka. It has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, having previously been located in the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975–1998). Andrychów has an area of and as of June 2022 it has 18,815 inhabitants.
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Andrychów is a city in Poland, situated within the Gmina Andrychów administrative entity. It is located in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and has an area of 10.28 square kilometers. The city’s official name is Andrychów, and it uses the postal code 34-120.
The population of Andrychów is recorded as 23,017, comprising 9,183 males and 10,020 females. Another source lists the population as 21,954. The city sits at an elevation of 333 meters above sea level, with other measurements citing 327 and 315 meters. It is twinned with Isny im Allgäu, Tukums, Khoni, and Izium.
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Place details
- Locality
- Andrychów
- Region
- województwo małopolskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 21,954
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Andrychów
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Andrychow_4.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Manor in Andrychów
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Andrychów flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Andrychów COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Wadowice
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Andrychów
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 13th century
- Settlement.established_title2
- Town rights
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Andrychów
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Andrychów
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 21111
- Area
- 10.28
- Elevation
- 333
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.um.andrychow.pl
- Image
- Andrychow Palace.jpg
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Andrychów
- Commons category
- Andrychów
- twinned administrative body
- Břeclav
- different from
- Gmina Andrychów
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- native label
- Andrychów
- postal code
- 34-120
- male population
- 9183
- female population
- 10020
- P12749
- Giovanni Giocondo
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Transport
- Road transport
- Rail transport
- Tourism
- Sports
- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Andrychów () is the largest town in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The town is located in the Little Beskids, in the historical region of Lesser Poland, on the river Wieprzówka. It has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, having previously been located in the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975–1998). Andrychów has an area of and as of June 2022 it has 18,815 inhabitants.
==History== The settlement dates back to the late 13th century. First recorded mention of it comes from 1344's Peter's Pence, and it was called Henrychów (ecclesia de Henrichov). Other names used for Andrychów in the past are Indrzychów and Gendrzychów. During the German occupation of Poland, it was renamed into Andrichau. Historians claim that the name of the town comes from a Polish given name Jędrzej (Andrzej).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andrychów” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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