Tum is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Góra Świętej Małgorzaty __NOTOC__ Gmina Góra Świętej Małgorzaty is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Łęczyca County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Góra Świętej Małgorzaty, which lies approximately east of Łęczyca ...

, within Łęczyca County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately east of

Łęczyca Łęczyca (; in full the Royal Town of Łęczyca, pl, Królewskie Miasto Łęczyca; german: Lentschitza; he, לונטשיץ) is a town of 13,786 inhabitants () in central Poland. Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the county seat of the ...

and north-west of the regional capital

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...

. The village has an approximate population of 600. Tum is the site of a 12th-century Romanesque Collegiate church as well as a wooden church of Saint Nicholas from the 18th century. On the western edge of the village there are also remains of an early medieval stronghold dating back to the 6th-8th century, which fell into disuse in the 14th century, following the rise of the nearby town of Łęczyca. The stronghold, located about east of the late-medieval town site, was itself known as Łęczyca until then.

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Villages in Łęczyca County {{Łęczyca-geo-stub