Chojnow is a small town in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, on the Skora river, a tributary of the Kaczawa, at an average altitude of about 170 metres. It is the administrative seat of the surrounding rural district, Gmina Chojnow, although the town itself is not part of that districts own territory and forms a separate urban gmina. As of December 2021 the town had 13,002 inhabitants.
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Founding Year Founding Year Sources
1. GeoNames: Chojnów
GeoNames geonameid 3101660 (Chojnów), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Chojnów (Wikipedia)
Infobox
Infobox field Established : 14th century
Infobox: established_date
14th century
Source text, founding-year: 1253
The town is first mentioned in a Latin mediaeval document issued in Wrocław on February 26, 1253, stating, the Silesian Duke Henry III when the town is mentioned under the name Honowo.
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