Leoncin

Leoncin is a village in Nowy Dwór County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Leoncin.

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Settlement.name: Leoncin
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Leoncin kościół p.w. św. Małgorzaty.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Neogothic St. Margaret's Church
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nowy Dwór
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Leoncin
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland

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Leoncin is a village in Nowy Dwór County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Leoncin.

Leoncin is approximately north-west of Warsaw. It has a neogothic church from 1885, as well as a wooden chapel dating from the end of the 18th century that is located at a nearby cemetery. It is also famous for being the birthplace of Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leoncin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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