Filipów, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
54°10′50″N 22°37′15″E / 54.18056°N 22.62083°E / 54.18056; 22.62083Country PolandVoivodeship Podlaskie VoivodeshipCountySuwałkiGminaFilipówPopulation
1,814

Filipów (Polish pronunciation: [fiˈlipuf]; Lithuanian: Pilypavas[1]) is a village in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[2] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Filipów. It lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-west of Suwałki and 124 km (77 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

Formerly a town, Filipów had a city rights from 1570 to 1870, when, as many other former towns in Poland, it lost this status after the January Uprising. It was a site of Battle of Filipów in 1656.

References

  1. ^ VLKK 2002.
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Sources

  • VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2023-09-30.

External links

  • Official site of Filipów Archived 2003-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
  • Unofficial site of Filipów


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