Siemiatycze
Sign in to saveSiemiatycze ( 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
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- Ascension of the Virgin Mary Church
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- Poland
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- top
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Siemiatycze
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- Gmina
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- Siemiatycze (urban gmina)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Piotr Siniakowicz
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 15th century
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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.