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Kielce

Eastern Europe

Kielce is a city in south-central Poland with 192,468 inhabitants recorded in 2021, first mentioned in documents from 1212 and granted city status under German law by 1295. Its growth accelerated after the capital of the Krakow province was moved there in 1818 following the establishment of the Free City of Krakow, and further after a railway connection arrived in 1885; the city's population peaked at over 215,000 in the early 1990s before declining in recent decades, and it now serves as capital of the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship.

Facts
Population
192,468 1
Area (sq km)
109 2
Founding Year
1050 1
Elevation (m)
260 2
Latitude
50.8725 degrees north 2
Longitude
20.631944 degrees east 2
Sources
1. Kielce (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia infobox 'Established' = '11th century' on 'Kielce'
  • Infobox: population_total
    192,468 (18th)
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Kielce (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 50.8725, longitude 20.631944
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 260 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 109.0 sq km
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Wikidata: Kielce
Wikidata Q102317, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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