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Świecie
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Świecie (; ) is a town in northern Poland with 24,841 inhabitants (2023), capital of Świecie County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Świecie
- Settlement.motto
- Świecie - najlepsze na świecieŚwiecie - the best in the world
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Northern frontage of the Market Square in Swiecie 02.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 260px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Market square (Rynek) with the Old Town Hall
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL_Świecie_flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Świecie COA.svg
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Brandmark
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kuyavian-Pomeranian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Świecie
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Świecie
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Royal city in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Country
- Kingdom of Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Świecie
- Population
- 24796
- Area
- 18
- Elevation
- 86
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Vistula
- Capital of
- Świecie County
- Official website
- www.um-swiecie.pl
- Image
- Northern frontage of the Market Square in Swiecie 02.jpg
- Dialing code
- 52
- Licence plate code
- CSW
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- postal code
- 86-100
- twinned administrative body
- Gernsheim
- Commons category
- Świecie
- Commons gallery
- Świecie
- different from
- Gmina Świecie
- inception
- 1198-00-00
- P8168
- tolonium chloride
- P6482
- Świecie
- male population
- 11752
- female population
- 13044
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Location
- Etymology
- History
- Early history
- Late modern period
- World War II and post-war period
- Demographics
- Culture
- Major corporations
- Education
- Sport
- Notable residents
- Footnotes
Świecie (; ) is a town in northern Poland with 24,841 inhabitants (2023), capital of Świecie County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
Founded in the Middle Ages, Świecie is a former royal town of Poland, which prospered as a trade center due to its location at the intersection of important trade routes. The town features heritage sites in a variety of styles, including Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Gothic, a preserved market square, and the region's sole Museum of Firefighting. Świecie is home to one of the oldest psychiatric hospitals in Poland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Świecie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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