Mońki is a town in northeastern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
and, as of 1999, is situated in the
Podlaskie Voivodeship. From 1975 to 1998 it was part of the
Białystok Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of
Mońki County
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Mońki County ( pl, powiat moniecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, northeastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government r ...
.
History
In the 16th century, Mońki was a village owned by the Mońko family. In the 19th century, when building railroad from Grodno was in progress, in the neighborhood of Mońki a train station was built. After the First World War a Catholic church was built. In the late World War II Germans destroyed the church. After the war, in 1954, the village was adopted as capital of the
Mońki county
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Mońki County ( pl, powiat moniecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, northeastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government r ...
. That increased development of the village and in 1965 Mońki became a city. In 1975 the county was deleted, but it returned in 1999 (1998).
Symbols
Mońki's coat of arms presents a lady with potatoes. It is connected with an old type of farming in Mońki village and it neighbourhood. In city (also in 2012) was organised a day of potato.
Many of Mońki's inhabitants have moved abroad, particularly to the US, so they can send remittances to their families.
Economy
In Mońki existed especially food enterprises. The largest is Moniecka Spółdzielnia Mleczarska (dairy).
Education
In Mońki existed two primary school (one connected with first grade music school), gymnasium. general liceum, technikum and szkoła zawodowa.
Transport
Through Mońki goes droga krajowa 65 (road), connecting city with
Białystok and
Grajewo.
Export
Several tech companies have risen during the last 10 years.
Tourism
Near Mońki there are some of the greatest swamps in Europe, the
Biebrza
Biebrza ( lt, Bebras, '' be, Bobra'', ''german: Bober'') is a river in northeastern Poland, a tributary of the Narew river (near Wizna), with a length of and a basin area of 7,092 km2 (7,067 in Poland).Biebrza National Park ''
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(BNP) to recognise and protect their unique nature. The Biebrza River Swamps are an important habitat for rare birds such as the
ruff ''(pol. batalion)'', which is a symbol of the BNP.
Notable people
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Maria Janion
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
*Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...
(1926-2020), literary critic and feminist
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Józef Piotr Klim (born 1960), politician
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Katarzyna Żakowicz (born 1975), shot putter
Gallery
File:Mońki. Kościół św. Alberta.JPG, Church - św. Brata Alberta
File:Mońki. Skwer.JPG, Park - square
File:Mońki. Pomnik samolot 2.JPG, Airplane Monument
File:Mońki. Pomnik AK.JPG, Monument to Armia Krajowa, Mońki
File:Dworzec kolejowy w Mońkach 1.jpg, The railway station from 1930s
File:Niepodległości_and_Wyzwolenia_Streets'_Crossing.JPG, Niepodległości Street in Mońki
File:The_dairy_in_Mońki.JPG, The dairy
References
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Cities and towns in Podlaskie Voivodeship
Grodno Governorate
Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Belastok Region