Giełczyn, Łomża County
Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Giełczyn [ˈɡʲɛu̯t͡ʂɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łomża, within Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Łomża and 74 km (46 mi) west of the regional capital Białystok.
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Coordinates: 53°7′N 22°4′E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
County | Łomża |
Gmina | Łomża |
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The village is located at the north-eastern edge of a large forest complex known as the Red Wood (Czerwony Bór), a place of Polish and Jewish martyrology during World War II.