Wołów
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Wołów (, ) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Wołów County and Gmina Wołów. , the town has a population of 12,373. It is part of the larger Wrocław metropolitan area.
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Place details
- Locality
- Wołów
- Region
- województwo dolnośląskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 12,276
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Wołów
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- Wołów ratusz.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Town hall in Wołów
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- POL Wołów COA.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Wołów flag.svg
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- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Wołów
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Wołów
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Dariusz Chmura
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1157
- Settlement.established_title2
- Town rights
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Wołów (, ) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Wołów County and Gmina Wołów. , the town has a population of 12,373. It is part of the larger Wrocław metropolitan area.
==Etymology== The town's name is derived from the Polish word wół ("ox").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wołów” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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