Wieliszew is a village in Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland, in the bifurcation of the Vistula and

Narew The Narew (; be, Нараў, translit=Naraŭ; or ; Sudovian: ''Naura''; Old German: ''Nare''; uk, Нарва, translit=Narva) is a 499-kilometre (310 mi) river primarily in north-eastern Poland, which is also a tributary of the river Vis ...

Rivers. It is the seat of the

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...

('' commune'' or '' municipality'' as administrative district) called Gmina Wieliszew. It lies approximately north-east of Legionowo and north of Warsaw. The village, which has a history of over 700 years and has been the seat of commune authorities since 1993, has a population of 3,122 and it is the most populated and economically strongest village of Gmina Wieliszew. Wieliszew borders on the following villages: Skrzeszew and Komornica in the west, Izbica,

Jachranka Jachranka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Serock, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Serock, north of Legionowo, and north of Warsaw Warsaw ...

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Skubianka Skubianka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Serock, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Serock, north-east of Legionowo, and north of Warsaw Warsaw ...

(via

Jezioro Zegrzyńskie The Zegrze Reservoir (or Zegrze Lake, in Polish officially ''Jezioro Zegrzyńskie'', unofficially ''Zalew Zegrzyński'') is a man-made reservoir in Poland, located just north of Warsaw, on the lower course of the Narew river. It is formed by a dam ...

) (Lake Zegrzyńskie) in the north,

Zegrze Południowe Zegrze Południowe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nieporęt, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Nieporęt, north-east of Legionowo, and north of Warsa ...

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Nieporęt Nieporęt is a village in Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Nieporęt. It lies approximately east of Legionowo and north of Warsaw Warsaw ...

in the east, and

Łajski Łajski is a village in Masovian Voivodeship in the Legionowo County, in the Gmina Wieliszew in Poland. In the years 1975-1998 the area was the province of Warsaw Voivodeship. Location of the town Łajski is located around the Warsaw Basin. It ...

and

Michałów-Reginów Michałów-Reginów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Wieliszew, north-east of Legionowo, and north of Warsaw ...

in the south. In the north, the village has a natural boundary, formed by the Narew River and

of an area of approx. 700 ha, which was created as a result of damming the waters of the Bug River and

Rivers in Dębe and made available for general use in 1963. The village and commune with its large forests, numerous natural monuments, meadows, and ponds (which are located within the zone of the Warsaw Protected Landscape Area) located near the capital, provides excellent holiday and recreation conditions.

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Villages in Legionowo County {{Legionowo-geo-stub