Wałcz
Sign in to saveWałcz (; ) is a county town in Wałcz County of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Wałcz
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Wałcz Ratusz 2020 (1).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Town Hall
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL_Wałcz_Flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Wałcz COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
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- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Wałcz
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Wałcz (urban gmina)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Maciej Żebrowski
- Settlement.established_title3
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date3
- 1303
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 38.16
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Wałcz (; ) is a county town in Wałcz County of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland.
Granted city rights in 1303, Wałcz has become the administrative, industrial and cultural center of the Wałcz Lake District with the city itself situated on the banks of the Raduń and Zamkowe lakes. Wałcz is located in the southestern portion of West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The closest cities are Szczecin , Bydgoszcz , Piła , Poznań , Gorzów Wielkopolski and Koszalin .