Chełmża

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Chełmża
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Chełmża
Coordinates: 53°12′N 18°36′E / 53.2, 18.6
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Toruń
Gmina	Chełmża (urban gmina)
Area
- Total	7.84 km² (3 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	15,273
- Density	1,948.1/km² (5,045.5/sq mi)
Postal code	87-140
Website: http://www.chelmza.pl

Chełmża [ˈxɛu̯mʐa] (German: Kulmsee) is a town in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It is located at around 53°10′60″N, 18°37′0″ECoordinates: 53°10′60″N, 18°37′0″E.

Pop. (1900), 8987. It has a fine Roman Catholic, cathedral, which was built in the 13th, and restored in the 15th century, and an Evangelical church. Until 1823 the town was the seat of the bishops of Kulm.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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