Więcbork
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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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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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- Locality
- Więcbork
- Region
- województwo kujawsko-pomorskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 5,953
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
via Wikipedia infobox
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
- P8168
- Roberto Pereyra
- male population
- 2804
- female population
- 2995
- P12749
- Alavus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- 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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