Filipów, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Filipów
Village
Filipów
Coordinates: 54°10′50″N 22°37′15″E / 54.18056°N 22.62083°E / 54.18056; 22.62083
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Suwałki County
Gmina	Filipów
Population	1,814

Filipów [fiˈlipuf] (Lithuanian: Pilypavas), is a village in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.^[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Filipów. It lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-west of Suwałki and 124 km (77 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok. In 2006 the village has a population of 1,814.

Formerly a town, Filipów had a city rights from 1570 to 1870, when, as many other former towns in Poland, it lost this status after the January Uprising.

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

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Gmina Filipów
Seat	Filipów
Other villages	Agrafinówka Bartnia Góra Bitkowo Czarne Czostków Garbas Huta Jemieliste Mieruniszki Nowa Dębszczyzna Olszanka Piecki Rospuda Smolenka Stara Dębszczyzna Stare Motule Supienie Szafranki Tabałówka Wólka Zusno

Coordinates: 54°10′50″N 22°37′15″E / 54.18056°N 22.62083°E / 54.18056; 22.62083

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