Miłodróż is a
village
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in the administrative district of
Gmina Stara Biała
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Gmina Stara Biała is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Biała, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Płock and ...
, within
Płock County
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Płock County ( pl, powiat płocki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government refo ...
,
Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.
It lies approximately north of
Biała, north of
Płock, and north-west of
Warsaw
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.
Etymology
The name Milodróz comes from the old Polish male name Milodrog.
Geography
History
After the
Partition
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of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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, the district was part of the area annexed by
Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
.
In October 1939 the Nazi occupation transferred the district to be part of the
Zichenau (region)
''Regierungsbezirk Zichenau'' was a ''Regierungsbezirk'', or administrative region, of the Nazi German Province of East Prussia in 1939–45. The regional capital was Zichenau (Ciechanów).East Prussia
East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...
. The area was restored to Poland following the conquests of the
Red Army
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.
In the years 1975–1998, the town was administratively part of the Plock province.
At the 2011 census the population of the village was 102,
[Strona polskawliczbach.pl]
/ref>post code
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is 09-412 .
The town is located at 52°39'24?N 19°39'37?E [Milodroz w Slowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego. vol VI: (Malczyce – Netreba. Warszawa 1885).]
References
Villages in Płock County
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