Żychlin
Sign in to saveŻychlin (other rarely used names include Zechlin and Zichlin) is a town in Kutno County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Żychlin. It lies approximately north of Łódź and west of Warsaw. It has 7,964 inhabitants (2020).
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Place details
- Locality
- Żychlin
- Region
- województwo łódzkie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 9,009
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Żychlin
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kamieniczki w centrum miasta.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- 19th century tenement houses in the town center
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Żychlin flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Żychlin COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Łódź
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kutno
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Żychlin
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Żychlin
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +7815
- Area
- +8.69
- Capital of
- Gmina Żychlin
- Official website
- www.gminazychlin.pl
- Image
- Kamieniczki w centrum miasta.jpg
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- World War II
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Żychlin (other rarely used names include Zechlin and Zichlin) is a town in Kutno County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Żychlin. It lies approximately north of Łódź and west of Warsaw. It has 7,964 inhabitants (2020).
==History== thumb|left|Baroque in Poland|Baroque Saints Peter and Paul church The village of Żychlin has existed at least since 1309. In 1331 it was captured by the Teutonic Knights, but shortly after was restored to Poland. It received city rights before 1397. Until the 19th century, the town was a private property. At the end of the Middle Ages, Żychlin was the place where away sessions of the Łęczyca town court took place. Żychlin was a private town, administratively located in the Orłów County in the Łęczyca Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.