Suchowola
Sign in to saveSuchowola (; , Suchavolja) is a town in north-eastern Poland in Sokółka County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, located on both banks of the Olszanka River. Its population is 2,196 (2017).
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Place details
- Locality
- Suchowola
- Region
- województwo podlaskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 2,211
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Suchowola
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Suchowola COA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Suchowola - Church of Peter and Paul 02.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Suchowola
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sokółka
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Suchowola
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 16th century
- Settlement.established_title2
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1777
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 25.95
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 2186
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Suchowola
- Population
- 2113
- Area
- 25.95
- Elevation
- 156
- Official website
- www.suchowola.com.pl
- Image
- Podlaskie - Suchowola - Suchowola - Kościuszki 3 - Kościół PiP 20110925 01.JPG
- Dialing code
- 85
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- Suchowola
- postal code
- 16-150
- native label
- Suchowola
- male population
- 1038
- female population
- 1075
- P12749
- 25 BC
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Suchowola (; , Suchavolja) is a town in north-eastern Poland in Sokółka County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, located on both banks of the Olszanka River. Its population is 2,196 (2017).
==History== Suchowola was founded in the 16th century and in 1777 it was granted town rights. It is a former Polish royal town. In 1775, royal astronomer Szymon Antoni Sobiekrajski published a report in which he stated that Suchowola is the exact geographic centre of Europe.
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