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Chojnów
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Chojnów () is a small town in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is located on the Skora river, a tributary of the Kaczawa at an average altitude of above sea level. Chojnów is the administrative seat of the rural gmina called Gmina Chojnów, although the town is not part of its territory and forms a separate urban gmina. As of December 2021, the town has 13,002 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chojnów
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- POL Chojnów flag.svg
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- POL Chojnów COA.svg
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- Poland
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- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Legnica
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
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- Chojnów (urban gmina)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jan Serkies
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- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 14th century
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- Town rights
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- 1333
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5.32
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban municipality of Poland
- Official name
- Гайнау
- Country
- Poland
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 12769
- Area
- 5.32
- Elevation
- 170
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Gmina Chojnów
- Shares border with
- Gmina Chojnów
- Official website
- www.chojnow.net.pl
- Image
- SM Chojnów Rynek (0) ID 593382.jpg
- Licence plate code
- DLE
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- Commons category
- Chojnów
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- Chojnów
- topic's main category
- Category:Chojnów
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chojnów
- P6482
- Chojnów
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Chojnów
- postal code
- 59-225
- P8168
- Silent Civilian
- different from
- Chojnów
- male population
- 6060
- female population
- 6709
- twinned administrative body
- Commentry
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Chojnów () is a small town in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is located on the Skora river, a tributary of the Kaczawa at an average altitude of above sea level. Chojnów is the administrative seat of the rural gmina called Gmina Chojnów, although the town is not part of its territory and forms a separate urban gmina. As of December 2021, the town has 13,002 inhabitants.
Chojnów is located west of Legnica, east from Bolesławiec and north of Złotoryja, from the A4 motorway. It has railroad connections to Bolesławiec and Legnica.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chojnów” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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