Mońki is a town in northeastern

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and, as of 1999, is situated in the

Podlaskie Voivodeship Podlaskie Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in northeastern Poland. The name of the voivodeship refers to the historical region of Podlachia (in Polish, ''Podlasie''), and significant part of its territory corresponds to th ...

. From 1975 to 1998 it was part of the Białystok Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of

Mońki County __NOTOC__ Mońki County () 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 reforms passed in 1998 ...

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 __NOTOC__ Mońki County () 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 reforms passed in 1998 ...

. 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

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and

Grajewo Grajewo (; ) is a town in north-eastern Poland with 21,499 inhabitants (2016). It is the capital of Grajewo County within the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is located within the historic region of Masovia, near the border with Podlachia and Masuria. H ...

Export

Several tech companies have risen during the last 10 years.

Tourism

Near Mońki there are some of the greatest swamps in Europe, the

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''(pol. batalion)'', which is a symbol of the BNP.

Notable people

Maria Janion Maria Janion (24 December 1926 – 23 August 2020) was a Polish scholar, literary theorist and critic, as well as a feminist. She was a professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, specialising in literary Ro ...

(1926-2020), literary critic and feminist *

Józef Piotr Klim Józef Piotr Klim (born 19 October 1960 in Mońki) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005 getting 7815 votes in 24 – Białystok for Civic Platform The Civic Platform (, PO)The party is officially the Civic Pla ...

(born 1960), politician * 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 The Home Army (, ; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the ...

, 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

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Podlaskie Voivodeship