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Wołomin
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Also known as Wolomin

Wołomin is a town in the Warsaw metropolitan area in the Masovian Voivodship, seat of Wołomin County. Wołomin is situated approximately east of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, near the railway to Białystok. It has approximately 43,000 inhabitants and covers an area of .

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Place details

Locality
Wołomin
Region
województwo mazowieckie
Country
Polska
Population
36,592
Timezone
Europe/Warsaw

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Key facts

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Wołomin
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POL Wołomin COA 1.svg
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Poland
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bottom
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Country
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Voivodeship
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Masovian
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County
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Wołomin
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Gmina
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Wołomin
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PO
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Mayor
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Elżbieta Radwan
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Established
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15th century
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Town rights
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1919

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • World War II
  • Postwar history
  • Sports
  • Crime
  • International relations
  • Twin towns — Sister cities
  • References
  • External links

Wołomin is a town in the Warsaw metropolitan area in the Masovian Voivodship, seat of Wołomin County. Wołomin is situated approximately east of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, near the railway to Białystok. It has approximately 43,000 inhabitants and covers an area of .

In the 1990s, the town was synonymous with the "Wołomin gang", one of two major organised crime groups in the country.

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

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