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Bytów
Sign in to saveBytów (; ; ) is a town in the Gdańsk Pomerania region of northern Poland with 16,730 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the capital of Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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Bytów is a city in Poland, situated within the Gmina Bytów administrative district. Located in the Pomerania region of Europe, the municipality has an area of 8.72 square kilometers. The city’s official website is www.bytow.com.pl, and it uses the postal code 77-100 and the licence plate code GBY.
The population of Bytów is 16,888, comprising 8,117 males and 8,622 females. The city is twinned with Frankenberg, Gdańsk, Winona, and Zalishchyky. Its elevation is recorded as 152 meters, and it operates in the Europe/Warsaw timezone. Bytów is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bytów
- Region
- województwo pomorskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 16,724
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bytów
- Settlement.image_caption
- Old Town (top) and Bytów Castle (bottom)
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Bytów flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Bytów COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bytów
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Bytów
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ryszard Sylka
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 12th century
- Settlement.established_title3
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date3
- 1346
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Bytów
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Bytów
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 16739
- Area
- 8.72
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.bytow.com.pl
- Image
- Zamek w Bytowie, widok z drona.jpg
- Licence plate code
- GBY
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- twinned administrative body
- Tauragė
- Commons category
- Bytów
- topic's main category
- Category:Bytów
- Commons gallery
- Bytów
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Bytów
- P6482
- Bytów
- postal code
- 77-100
- P8168
- Naso elegans
- male population
- 8117
- female population
- 8622
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Kashubian Emigration to America
- Demographics
- Sights
- Sports
- Notable residents
- Twin cities
- Municipality of Bytów
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Bytów (; ; ) is a town in the Gdańsk Pomerania region of northern Poland with 16,730 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the capital of Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
In the early Middle Ages a fortified stronghold stood near the town. In 1346 as Bütow it obtained Kulm law rights from the Teutonic Order, which controlled it since 1329. During the Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), the town was the site of heavy fighting and changed hands over time. Eventually, King Casimir IV Jagiellon granted the town to Eric II, Duke of Pomerania, as a perpetual fiefdom. After the Partitions of Poland, Bytów became part of the Kingdom of Prussia and later also Germany, within which it remained until the end of World War II. In the final stages of the war Bytów heavily shelled by the Red Army, and more than 55% of the buildings were destroyed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bytów” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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