Lipno
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Kuyavian Pomeranian | ||
| Powiat : | Lipno | ||
| Area : | 10.88 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 51 ′ N , 19 ° 10 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 86 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 14,399 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Postal code : | 87-600 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 54 | ||
| License plate : | CLI | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : |
Toruń - Warsaw Włocławek - Brodnica |
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| Next international airport : | Warsaw | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Borough | ||
| Surface: | 10.88 km² | ||
| Residents: | 14,399 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 1323 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 0408011 | ||
| Administration (as of 2012) | |||
| Mayor : | Paweł Banasik | ||
| Address: | pl. Dekerta 8 87-600 Lipno |
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| Website : | www.umlipno.pl | ||
Lipno (German 1941–45 Leipe ) is a city in the Polish Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship . It is the seat of the Powiat Lipnowski and is located on the Mień River, about 20 km north-northeast of Włocławek and 40 km southeast of Toruń .
history
In 1349 Lipno was granted the town charter in Kulm . The town flourished during the 15th and 16th centuries . After the Second Partition of Poland , Lipno came to Prussia . In 1807 the city came to the Napoleon-dependent Duchy of Warsaw (1809 Grand Duchy), which was ruled in personal union by the King of Saxony .
After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, it remained in the newly established Congress Poland , which was in personal union with the Russian Empire . After the re-establishment of independent Poland after the First World War , Lipno became the seat of its own powiat . It lost this status in 1975, but after the administrative reform in 1999 it again became the seat of a district administration.
sons and daughters of the town
- Pola Negri (Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec; 1897–1987), Polish actress, star of the silent film era
- Leszek Balcerowicz (* 1947), Polish economist and politician and temporary Polish Minister of Finance
- Katarzyna Kowalska (* 1985), Polish long-distance runner.
Rural community
The rural municipality of Lipno , to which the city of Lipno itself does not belong, has an area of 209.72 km², on which 11,830 people live (June 30, 2019).
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Footnotes
- ↑ a b 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 .