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Więcbork
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Also known as Vandsburg

Więcbork () is a town in northern Poland, located in the Sępólno County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. In 2019 it had a population of 5,965. It is located on the shores of Więcborskie Lake within the ethnocultural region of Krajna.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in PL, across 2 mapped points.

Within Vinony's link graph, Więcbork is referenced by 68 other articles, and connects out to Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland and association football.

It sits within the topics Cities and towns in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Populated lakeshore places in Poland and Sępólno County.

Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality
Więcbork
Region
województwo kujawsko-pomorskie
Country
Polska
Population
5,953
Timezone
Europe/Warsaw

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Więcbork
Settlement.image_flag
POL Więcbork flag.svg
Settlement.image_skyline
Więcbork z lotu ptaka.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Aerial view of Więcbork
Settlement.image_shield
POL Więcbork COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Sępólno
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Więcbork
Settlement.area_total_km2
4.31
Settlement.population_as_of
2019
Settlement.population_total
5965
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1

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Wikidata facts

Population
5799
Area
4.31
Official website
www.wiecbork.pl
Image
Więcbork z lotu ptaka.jpg
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Commons category
Więcbork
postal code
89–410
male population
2804
female population
2995
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Number of inhabitants by years
  • Neighbourhoods
  • Sports
  • References

Więcbork () is a town in northern Poland, located in the Sępólno County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. In 2019 it had a population of 5,965. It is located on the shores of Więcborskie Lake within the ethnocultural region of Krajna.

==History== thumb|left|Baroque architecture|Baroque Saints Simon and Jude church After 960 the territory became a part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I. It is first mentioned under the name Wanszowna in historical records in the chronicle of Jan of Czarnków in 1383. The first record instance of the name Więcbork occurred in 1405. The town was part of the Kingdom of Poland and it was a private town, which belonged to various Polish magnates. Administratively it was located in the Nakło County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Więcbork” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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