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Giżycko
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Giżycko (; former or Łuczany; , ) is a town in northeastern Poland with 27,107 inhabitants as of January 2025. It is situated between Lake Kisajno and Lake Niegocin in the region of Masuria, within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It is the seat of Giżycko County.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Giżycko
- Settlement.image_skyline
- SM Giżycko Zamek 2017 (3) ID 645478.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Giżycko Castle, 14th century
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Giżycko flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Giżycko COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland#Poland Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Giżycko County
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Giżycko (urban gmina)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ewa Ostrowska
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1335
- Settlement.established_title3
- Town rights
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban municipality of Poland
- Official name
- Lötzen
- Country
- Poland
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 28233
- Area
- 13.87
- Elevation
- 116
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Gmina Giżycko
- Official website
- www.gizycko.pl
- Image
- Port w Giżycku 4.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Silkeborg
- Commons category
- Giżycko
- Commons gallery
- Giżycko
- topic's main category
- Category:Giżycko
- inception
- 1437-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Giżycko
- P6482
- Giżycko
- postal code
- 11-500
- native label
- Giżycko
- P8168
- Reinhard Rack
- male population
- 13395
- female population
- 14838
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Antiquity and Middle Ages
- Modern era
- Demographics
- Sports
- Education
- Primary school
- Middle school
- High school
- College
- Notable residents
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Giżycko (; former or Łuczany; , ) is a town in northeastern Poland with 27,107 inhabitants as of January 2025. It is situated between Lake Kisajno and Lake Niegocin in the region of Masuria, within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It is the seat of Giżycko County.
Giżycko is a popular summer tourist destination due to its location within the Masurian Lake District and possesses numerous historical monuments, including a 14th-century Teutonic castle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Giżycko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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