Terespol

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Terespol Coat of Arms
Terespol Coat of Arms
Location in Poland
Location in Poland

Terespol is a town in eastern Poland on the border with Belarus. It lies on the border river Bug, directly opposite the city of Brest, Belarus. It has 6002 inhabitants (2004).

It is situated in Biala Podlaska County in Lublin Voivodship (since 1999, before it belonged to Biala Podlaska Voivodship between 1975 and 1998).

The town is a busy border crossing between Poland and Belarus on the route Berlin-Warsaw-Minsk-Moscow. Around it one can find some of the old fortifications that were once part of the Brest Fortress.


Coordinates: 52°04′N, 23°36′E