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Czyżew
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Czyżew is a town in Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the Gmina Czyżew administrative district. As of December 2021, the town had a population of 2,621.

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Locality
Czyżew
Region
województwo podlaskie
Country
Polska
Population
2,670
Timezone
Europe/Warsaw

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Czyżew
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Czyżew - kościół pw. św. Ap. Piotra i Pawła 2.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Church of Saints Peter and Paul
Settlement.image_flag
POL Czyżew flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield
POL Czyżew 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
Wysokie Mazowieckie
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Czyżew
Settlement.established_title
City rights
Settlement.established_date
1713-1870, 2011
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Franciszek Kuczewski

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Wikidata facts

Population
2528
Area
5.23
Image
Czyżew - kościół pw. św. Ap. Piotra i Pawła 3.JPG
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Commons category
Czyżew
postal code
18-220
male population
1243
female population
1285
P12749
Croatian
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Czyżew is a town in Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the Gmina Czyżew administrative district. As of December 2021, the town had a population of 2,621.

==History== thumb|left|Monument to Poles deported by the Soviets from the local railway station to Siberia during World War II About 1,600 Jews lived in the town prior to World War II, making up 85% of its population. The town was occupied by Nazi Germany in September 1939, and shortly thereafter given to the Soviets as part of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. During this time, many Jewish refugees fled from areas under German control and resettled in Czyżew. The Germans reoccupied Czyżew in June 1941, and most of the town's Jews were executed by firing squad in a nearby forest. One or two hundred professionals deemed relevant to the war effort were housed in a ghetto for forced labor, with the ghetto's residents later being transported to Zambrów and murdered.

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