Filipów | |
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  Filipów | |
| Coordinates: 54°10′50″N 22°37′15″E / 54.18056°N 22.62083°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Podlaskie Voivodeship |
| County | Suwałki |
| Gmina | Filipów |
| Population | 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
Sources
- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian).
External links
- Official site of Filipów Archived 2003-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Unofficial site of Filipów
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