Skip to content
Siemiatycze

File:Siemiatycze_kosciol_WNMP.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ218980· pop 38· linked from 137 articles

Siemiatycze

Sign in to save

Siemiatycze ( Siamiatyčy) is a town in eastern Poland, with 14,391 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Siemiatycze County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Siemiatycze
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.image_flag
POL Siemiatycze flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield
POL Siemiatycze COA.svg
Settlement.image_skyline
Siemiatycze kosciol WNMP.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Ascension of the Virgin Mary Church
Settlement.pushpin_map
Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
top
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Siemiatycze
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Siemiatycze (urban gmina)
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Piotr Siniakowicz
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
15th century

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Continent
Europe
Population
13782
Area
36.25
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Siemiatycze, Poland (cropped).jpg
Licence plate code
BSI
Show 7 more facts
twinned administrative body
Zehdenick
Commons category
Siemiatycze
topic's main category
Category:Siemiatycze
postal code
17-300
male population
6519
female population
7263
Sources (9)

via Wikidata · CC0

~4 min read

Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Sports
  • Notable people
  • International relations
  • Twin towns — Sister cities
  • References

Siemiatycze ( Siamiatyčy) is a town in eastern Poland, with 14,391 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Siemiatycze County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship.

==History== thumb|left|Battle of Siemiatycze The history of Siemiatycze dates back to the mid-16th century, when the village was part of the Podlasie Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1542, King Sigismund II Augustus granted town charter to Siemiatycze, and with the 1569 Union of Lublin, it passed to the Kingdom of Poland within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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

Gallery (7)

On the map

3 mapped locations