Okonek

Okonek () is a town in Poland, in Złotów County in Greater Poland Voivodeship, with approximately 4,200 inhabitants.

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Place details

Locality: Okonek
Region: województwo wielkopolskie
Country: Polska
Population: 3,833
Timezone: Europe/Warsaw

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Okonek
Settlement.image_flag: POL Okonek flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: POL Okonek COA 1.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: MOs810, WG 2015 54 Okonecczyzna (Church of Our Lady of Redemption of Slaves in Okonek) (4).JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Our Lady of Redemption of Slaves
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Greater Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Złotów
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Okonek
Settlement.established_title: Town rights
Settlement.established_date: 1754
Settlement.area_total_km2: 6.01
Settlement.population_as_of: 2010
Settlement.population_total: 3855

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Wikidata facts

Population: 3686
Area: 6.01
Official website: www.okonek.pl
Image: MOs810, WG 2015 54 Okonecczyzna (Church of Our Lady of Redemption of Slaves in Okonek) (13).JPG

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Commons category: Okonek
postal code: 64-965
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male population: 1772
female population: 1914
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Okonek () is a town in Poland, in Złotów County in Greater Poland Voivodeship, with approximately 4,200 inhabitants.

==History== The settlement was first mentioned in a document of 1547. In 1597, Duke John Frederick established three annual fairs. Due to its location as the sole Ducal Pomeranian customs point on the trade route from Gdańsk and Königsberg to Germany, it developed an urban character. It was granted town rights in 1754. The town suffered in a Russian invasion during the Seven Years' War. The cloth industry flourished until the Napoleonic Wars.