Miłodróż is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
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
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, within
Płock County
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Płock County () 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 reforms passed in 1998. ...
,
Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw.
Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...
, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of
Biała, north of
Płock
Płock (pronounced ), officially the Ducal Capital City of Płock, is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship. According to the data provided by Central Statistical Office (Poland), GUS on 31 December 2021, the ...
, and north-west of
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
.
Etymology
The name Milodróz comes from the old Polish male name Milodrog.
[M. Karas (1956) ''O staropolskich imionach dwuczlonowych zachowanych w nazwach miejscowych, in Onomastica''. II, z. 2, Wroclaw]
History
After the
Partition of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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, the district was part of the area annexed by
Prussia
Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...
.
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, established in German-occupied Polish territory during World War II. The regional capital was Zichenau ...
of
East Prussia
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. The area was restored to Poland following the conquests of the
Red Army
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.
In 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.
References
Villages in Płock County
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