Biskupiec is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of northern Poland, in the historical region of Warmia, within Olsztyn County. It had a population of about 10,496 in December 2021 and lies in the Masurian Lake District, an area popular with tourists. Its name comes from the prince-bishops of Warmia, who built a castle there in the late fourteenth century, and it received town privileges in 1395. The town suffered destruction in various wars and was under German administration until 1945, when it was transferred back to Poland. It is distinct from another Polish town of the same name in Nowe Miasto County.
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Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Biskupiec (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 10,163 (2021)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 53.86467, longitude 20.95692
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 152 m
P2046 (area)
area 5.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 10163 (2021)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Biskupiec - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 775890
53.86467 20.95692 P PPLA3 PL 85 2814 281402 10340 152 Europe/Warsaw
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 152 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.75, 20.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.75, 20.75
53.75 20.75 Dfb
Biskupiec (Wikipedia)
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Biskupiec [bʲisˈkupʲɛt͡s] (German: Bischofsburg, [ˈbɪʃɔfsbʊʁk] ) is a town in northern Poland, in Warmia, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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