Włoczewo 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
Płock and north-west of
Warsaw
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.
Geography
The village is in the valley of the
Vistula
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The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...
river
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outside of
Plock.
[Wloczewo in the Slowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego. vol. XIII: (Warmbrun – Worowo. Warsaw 1893.)]
In 2011 the population of the village was 141
[Strona polskawliczbach.pl]
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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
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.
In October 1939 the Nazi occupation transferred the village to be part of the Zichenau (region)
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.
In 1975–1998, the town was administratively part of the Plock province.
References
Villages in Płock County
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