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Bliżyn
Sign in to saveBliżyn is a village in Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bliżyn. It lies on the Kamienna river and Bliżyn Reservoir, approximately west of Skarżysko-Kamienna and north of the regional capital Kielce.
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- Bliżyn
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- Village
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- POL gmina Bliżyn COA.svg
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- Saint Louis church in Bliżyn
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- Country
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- Voivodeship
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- Świętokrzyskie
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- County
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- Skarżysko
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- Gmina
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- Bliżyn
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- Poland
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- bottom
- Settlement.population_total
- 2000
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- +1
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- CEST
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Bliżyn is a village in Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bliżyn. It lies on the Kamienna river and Bliżyn Reservoir, approximately west of Skarżysko-Kamienna and north of the regional capital Kielce.
==History== thumb|left|Saint Sophia chapel The village was first mentioned in 1410, when King Władysław II Jagiełło spent a night there on his way to the battle of Grunwald. It was a private village of Polish nobility, including the Karwowski family, administratively located in the Opoczno County in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province.