Białobrzegi is a town in

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, about south of

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. It is the capital of the Białobrzegi County and Gmina Białobrzegi (commune). The town is located on the border of the ''Białobrzegi Valley'' and ''Radom Plain'', about northwest of

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. The river Pilica flows through the town. Białobrzegi is located in the Polish historic region of

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, near its boundary with

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. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 6,749.

History

The history of the town dates back to 1540, when King

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granted town rights to the town of Brzegi, which was located on the left bank of the Pilica, administratively in the

in the Greater Poland Province. At that time, Brzegi belonged to a local noblewoman Anna Fałęcka, then it was property of other families. The town never gained significance and remained a small center, whose population was involved in trade and agriculture. From 1815 it was located in the

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of Poland. During the Polish

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, several units operated in the area, and in 1870, as a Russian reprisal for residents’ support of the insurrection, Białobrzegi was stripped of its town privileges and became a settlement. In 1910, a fire destroyed much of Białobrzegi. During

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, there was further destruction, but afterwards the town slowly grew, due to the Warsaw-Kraków road, which passed through it. In 1918, following the war, Poland regained independence and control of Białobrzegi. Administratively, it was located in the Kielce Voivodeship. Following the joint German-Soviet

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, which started

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in September 1939, the settlement was occupied by Germany until 1945. In 1958 Białobrzegi regained its town rights. Administratively, it was located in the Kielce Voivodeship, then the Radom Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998, and the Masovian Voivodeship since 1999.

Demographics

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Transport

Białobrzegi is an important road hub, where expressway S7, which is part of the european route E77, crosses with national road no. 48.

Sports

The town's main sports club is with

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, athletics and

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sections.

International relations

Twin towns - sister cities

Białobrzegi is twinned with: * Allennes-les-Marais,

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References

External links

Official website

Jewish Community of Białobrzegi
on Virtual Shtetl {{Authority control Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship Białobrzegi County