Kolno

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Kolno
Kolno coat of arms
Kolno (Poland)
Kolno
Kolno
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Podlaskie
Powiat : Kolno
Area : 25.07  km²
Geographic location : 53 ° 25 '  N , 21 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 24 '38 "  N , 21 ° 56' 2"  E
Residents : 10,464 (June 30, 2016)
Postal code : 18-500
Telephone code : (+48) 86
License plate : BKL
Economy and Transport
Rail route : Johannisburg – Kolno , discontinued in 1923
Next international airport : Warsaw
Gmina
Gminatype: Borough
Residents: 10,214
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Community number  ( GUS ): 2006011
administration
Mayor : Andrzej Duda
Address: ul. Wojska Polskiego 20
18-500 Kolno
Website : www.umkolno.pl



Kolno ( Lithuanian Kolnas ; Belarusian Кольна Kolna ) is a city in the powiat Kolneński of the Podlaskie Voivodeship , Poland .

geography

The city is located around 150 kilometers northeast of the state capital Warsaw.

history

In 1425 Kolno received city rights under Kulm law .

local community

Borough

The city of Kolno forms an independent municipality ( gmina miejska ).

Rural community

The rural community ( gmina wiejska ) Kolno, to which the city of Kolno itself does not belong, has an area of ​​282.13 km², on which (as of June 30, 2019) 8601 people live.

Attractions

traffic

During the First World War, Kolno station briefly served as the end point of the standard-gauge railway line Johannisburg – Kolno . 1915–1973 the Myszyniec – Kolno narrow-gauge railway was in operation.

Kolno is located at the junction of provincial road 647 to the country Straße 63 .

Personalities

  • Max Brusto (Polish: Motek Brustowiecki; 1906–1998), German journalist and writer

Web links

Commons : Kolno  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .