Swarzędz is a town in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of west-central Poland, within the Poznan metropolitan area, with 29,766 inhabitants in a municipality of 40,166. Settlement there is documented from 1366, and the town received formal rights in 1638 from King Wladyslaw IV Vasa; its name is thought to derive from pre-Christian Slavic worship of the deity Svarog. A railway hub and commercial center, Swarzędz has historically been known for furniture manufacturing and carpentry.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Latitude52.410361 degrees north 1 Sources
1. Swarzędz (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 52.410361, longitude 17.077111
P2046 (area)
area 8.16 sq km
View the Source2. Swarzędz (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia infobox 'Established' = '14th century' on 'Swarzędz'
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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