Kleszczele
Sign in to saveKleszczele (, , Podlachian: Kliščéli) is a town in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, eastern Poland.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kleszczele
- Region
- województwo podlaskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 1,410
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kleszczele
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Kleszczele COA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kleszczele Cerkiew Zasniecie front-side view.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Orthodox Church of the Dormition
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hajnówka
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kleszczele
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1523
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 46.71
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 1432
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Кляшчэлі
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Kleszczele
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 1128
- Area
- 46.71
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Nurzec
- Official website
- www.kleszczele.fr.pl
- Image
- Kleszczele Cerkiew Zasniecie front-side view.jpg
- Dialing code
- 85
- Licence plate code
- BHA
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- Commons category
- Kleszczele
- different from
- Gmina Kleszczele
- postal code
- 17-250
- male population
- 552
- female population
- 576
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Demography
- Jews
- Notable residents
- External links
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Kleszczele (, , Podlachian: Kliščéli) is a town in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, eastern Poland.
==History== thumb|left|Polish Border Protection Forces in Kleszczele, Kleszczele was granted town rights by King Sigismund I the Old in 1523. It was a royal town of Poland. Queen consort Bona Sforza founded a Catholic church in 1544. In 1578, King Stephen Bathory issued a privilege regarding salt trade. His wife, Queen consort Anna Jagiellon administered the town. The townspeople prospered off of growing and selling hops to Królewiec.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kleszczele” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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