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Wąchock
Sign in to saveWąchock is a town in Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland, near Starachowice, within the historical region of Lesser Poland. In 2006, it had 2,777 inhabitants.
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Place details
- Locality
- Wąchock
- Region
- województwo świętokrzyskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 2,747
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Wąchock
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 2023-05 Wąchock (14).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Romanesque monastery in Wąchock
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Wąchock COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Świętokrzyskie
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Starachowice
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Wąchock
- Settlement.leader_party
- Independent
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Robert Janus
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Wąchock
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 2568
- Area
- 16.02
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Gmina Wąchock
- Official website
- www.wachock.pl
- Image
- 2023-05 Wąchock (14).jpg
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- Commons category
- Wąchock
- Commons gallery
- Wąchock
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- different from
- Gmina Wąchock
- postal code
- 27-215
- male population
- 1270
- female population
- 1298
- P12749
- Tanggamus
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Transport
- Culture
- Points of interest
- Humour
- See also
- References
Wąchock is a town in Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland, near Starachowice, within the historical region of Lesser Poland. In 2006, it had 2,777 inhabitants.
==History== thumb|left|upright|Wąchock Abbey in the interwar period Wachock received its town charter in 1454, lost it in 1869, and regained in 1994.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wąchock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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