Michałowo
Michałowo | |
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Town | |
Town center with preserved old houses | |
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Coat of arms | |
Michałowo | |
| Coordinates: 53°2′12″N 23°36′13″E / 53.03667°N 23.60361°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Białystok |
| Gmina | Michałowo |
| Town rights | 2009 |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,343 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 16-050 |
| Vehicle registration | BIA |
| Website | http://www.michalowo.ug.gov.pl/ |
Michałowo [mʲixaˈwɔvɔ] (Belarusian: Міхалова) is a town in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Michałowo.
The town has a population of 3,343.
History
As of 1860, there were four cloth factories in Michałowo, employing 650 workers, including 150 foreigners.[2]
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Michałowo was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941 and then by Germany until 1944.
From 1975 to 1998 it was part of Białystok Voivodeship.
Michałowo received its town rights on 1 January 2009.[3]
In November 2021, several NGOs came to Michałowo to provide humanitarian aid to migrants brought to the Belarusian border east of the town.[4]
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. VI. Warszawa. 1885. p. 309.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Ordinance of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Poland Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
- ^ Hill, Jenny (2021-11-15). "Belarus crisis: The locals helping families in Poland's no-go area". BBC. Archived from the original on 2021-11-16.
In the town of Michalowo [sic], several shipping containers are stacked with bottles of water, food, blankets, nappies. Iwo Los - who represents Grupa Granizca [sic], an umbrella organisation of NGOs - is meeting with other volunteers here. They respond to calls for help, either directly from people in the woods, or from locals living there who spotted them.