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Biłgoraj
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Biłgoraj (, Bilgoray) is a town in Lublin Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland with 25,838 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located south of Lublin and it is also the capital of Biłgoraj County. Historically, the town belongs to Lesser Poland. Biłgoraj is surrounded by a forest, with three rivers flowing through it.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Biłgoraj
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Urząd Miasta Biłgoraj.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Modernized City Hall of Biłgoraj
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Biłgoraj flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Biłgoraj COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland#Europe#Lublin Voivodeship
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Biłgoraj
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Biłgoraj (urban gmina)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Wojciech Gleń
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1578
- Settlement.established_title2
- Town rights
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban municipality of Poland
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Biłgoraj County
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 25459
- Area
- 21
- Elevation
- 212
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Biłgoraj County
- Official website
- www.bilgoraj.pl
- Image
- Biłgoraj - Sąd Rejonowy (01) - DSC00423 v1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 84
- Licence plate code
- LBL
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- topic's main category
- Category:Biłgoraj
- twinned administrative body
- Stropkov
- Commons category
- Biłgoraj
- Commons gallery
- Biłgoraj
- postal code
- 23-400–23-403
- inception
- 1578-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Biłgoraj
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- P8168
- Gammertingen
- male population
- 12079
- female population
- 13380
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Foundation and early history
- Late modern period
- World War II
- Post-war
- Districts
- Historic places and buildings
- Transport
- Industry
- Local folklore
- International relations
- Twin towns - sister cities
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Biłgoraj (, Bilgoray) is a town in Lublin Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland with 25,838 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located south of Lublin and it is also the capital of Biłgoraj County. Historically, the town belongs to Lesser Poland. Biłgoraj is surrounded by a forest, with three rivers flowing through it.
==Etymology== The name of the town probably comes from a hill called Biely Goraj, on which Biłgoraj was founded in the 16th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Biłgoraj” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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