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Szczytno
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Szczytno () is a town in northeastern Poland with 27,013 inhabitants (2007). It is the seat of Szczytno County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship, within the ethnocultural region of Masuria.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Szczytno
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Szczytno flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Szczytno COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Szczytno
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Szczytno (urban gmina)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Stefan Ochman
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1359
- Settlement.established_title3
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date3
- 1723
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 9.96
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Middle Ages
- Modern era
- Historical population
- World War I and interbellum
- World War II and post-war Poland
- Sights
- Sports
- Notable residents
- References
- Bibliography
Szczytno () is a town in northeastern Poland with 27,013 inhabitants (2007). It is the seat of Szczytno County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship, within the ethnocultural region of Masuria.
Olsztyn-Mazury Regional Airport, located nearby, is the most important airport of the Masurian region. Szczytno is located on the Olsztyn – Ełk railway line and Szczytno – Ostrołęka line. Szczytno also had minor rail connections towards Czerwonka; however, these were later closed by Polish Railways.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Szczytno” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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