Białobrzegi | |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 51.65°N 77°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Masovian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Białobrzegi |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Gmina Białobrzegi |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 14th century |
Established Title2: | Town rights |
Established Date2: | 1541-1870, 1958 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Adam Bolek |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 7.51 |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2021 |
Population Total: | 6749 |
Population Density Km2: | 899 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] [4] |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 26-800 |
Area Code: | +48 48 |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | WBR |
Blank Name Sec2: | Highways |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | National roads |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Voivodeship roads |
Website: | http://www.bialobrzegi.pl |
Białobrzegi is a town in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, about 65km (40miles) south of Warsaw. It is the capital of the Białobrzegi County and Gmina Białobrzegi (commune). The town is located on the border of the Białobrzegi Valley and Radom Plain, about 30km (20miles) northwest of Radom. The river Pilica flows through the town. Białobrzegi is located in the Polish historic region of Mazovia, near its boundary with Lesser Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 6,749.
The history of the town dates back to 1540, when King Sigismund I the Old granted town rights to the town of Brzegi, which was located on the left bank of the Pilica, administratively in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. At that time, Brzegi belonged to a local noblewoman Anna Fałęcka, then it was property of other families. The town never gained significance and remained a small center, whose population was involved in trade and agriculture.
From 1815 it was located in the Russian Partition of Poland. During the Polish January Uprising, several units operated in the area, and in 1870, as a Russian reprisal for residents’ support of the insurrection, Białobrzegi was stripped of its town privileges and became a settlement. In 1910, a fire destroyed much of Białobrzegi. During World War I, there was further destruction, but afterwards the town slowly grew, due to the Warsaw-Kraków road, which passed through it. In 1918, following the war, Poland regained independence and control of Białobrzegi. Administratively, it was located in the Kielce Voivodeship. Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the settlement was occupied by Germany until 1945.
In 1958 Białobrzegi regained its town rights. Administratively, it was located in the Kielce Voivodeship, then the Radom Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998, and the Masovian Voivodeship since 1999.
Białobrzegi is an important road hub, where expressway S7, which is part of the european route E77, crosses with national road no. 48.
The town's main sports club is with football, athletics and boxing sections.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland.
Białobrzegi is twinned with: