Bielany
 district of Warsaw |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 17 ′ 20 ″ N , 20 ° 56 ′ 2 ″ E |
| surface | 32.3 km² |
| Residents | 136,485 (2003) |
| Population density | 4226 inhabitants / km² |
| Website | http://www.bielany.waw.pl |
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| mayor | Zbigniew Dubiel |
Bielany is a municipality in the north-west of Warsaw .
The name Bielany, a plural in the Polish language, is derived from a white monastery building of the Camaldolese priory , the church of which is still preserved.
Before the administrative reorganization of Warsaw in 1994, Bielany belonged to Żoliborz . Today Bielany has the status of its own district with the districts of Chomiczówka, Huta, Las Bielański, Marymont-Kaskada, Marymont-Ruda, Młociny, Piaski, Placówka, Radiowo, Stare Bielany, Słodowiec, Wawrzyszew, Wólka Węglowa and Wrzecionoa. It borders Żoliborz in the southeast and Bemowo in the southwest . The north-eastern border forms the Vistula , on the opposite side of which lies the Białołęka District . In the west and north-west Bielany forms the city limits of Warsaw and borders the municipalities Łomianki , Izabelin and Stare Babice in the Powiat Warszawski Zachodni .
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