Chęciny

Chęciny is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, southern Poland, with 4,361 inhabitants as of December 2021. It was first mentioned in historical documents from 1275, and obtained its city charter in 1325. At that time was one of major urban centers of northern Lesser Poland.

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Place details

Locality: Chęciny
Region: województwo świętokrzyskie
Country: Polska
Population: 4,252
Timezone: Europe/Warsaw

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Chęciny
Settlement.image_flag: POL Chęciny flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: POL Chęciny COA.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: 20180817 Chęciny - widok z zamku - 1122 9051 DxO.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of the town from the Chęciny Castle
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Świętokrzyskie
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kielce
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Chęciny
Settlement.leader_party: Independent
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Robert Jaworski
Settlement.area_total_km2: 14.12
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2021

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Official website

Gminny Portal Internetowy - Chęciny - START

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Wikidata facts

Population: 4364
Area: 14.12
Official website: www.checiny.pl
Image: 20180817 Chęciny - widok z zamku - 1122 9051 DxO.jpg

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Commons category: Chęciny
Commons gallery: Chęciny
inception: 1275-00-00
postal code: 26-060
P6482: Chęciny
male population: 2141
female population: 2223
P8168: Radetzky March
P12749: 1330

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The most important sight in Chęciny is the royal castle built in the late 13th or early 14th century on the Castle Hill above the town. It fell into a ruin in the 18th century and remains in that state to this day. For centuries Chęciny had a Jewish community and it had been the center of the Hasidic Chentshin dynasty, (Chęciny being pronounced as "Chentshin" or "Khantchin" in Yiddish.)