Wąchock
Wąchock is a town in Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland, near Starachowice, within the historical region of Lesser Poland. In 2006, it had 2,777 inhabitants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,510 residents
- Description: town in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
- Also known as: “Wachock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wąchock Abbey and Pałac Schoenberga.
Wąchock Abbey
Monastery
Photo: Lezm, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Wąchock Abbey is a Cistercian abbey in Wąchock, Poland. Located near the larger town of Starachowice in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains of south-eastern Poland, Wąchock is best known for the architecture of this Roman Catholic site.
Wąchock train station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wąchock train station is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wielka Wieś and Rataje.
Wielka Wieś
Village
Wielka Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąchock, within Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.
Rataje
Village
Photo: Pzarych, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rataje is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąchock, within Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 2 km south of Wąchock, 4 km west of Starachowice, and 34 km north-east of the regional capital Kielce.
Węglów
Village
Węglów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąchock, within Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 km south-west of Wąchock, 6 km west of Starachowice, and 33 km north-east of the regional capital Kielce. Węglów is situated 2½ km southwest of Wąchock.
Wąchock
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Gmina Wąchock, Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.07381° or 51° 4′ 26″ northLongitude
21.01169° or 21° 0′ 42″ eastPopulation
2,510Elevation
215 metres (705 feet)United Nations Location Code
PL WACOpen location code
9G3332F6+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 31864785OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Wąchock” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վոնխոցք”
- Asturian: “Wąchock”
- Belarusian: “Вонхацк”
- Bulgarian: “Вонхоцк”
- Catalan: “Wąchock”
- Cebuano: “Wąchock”
- Chechen: “Вонхоцк”
- Chinese: “翁霍茨克”
- Czech: “Wąchock”
- Dutch: “Wąchock”
- Esperanto: “Wąchock”
- Estonian: “Wąchock”
- Finnish: “Wąchock”
- French: “Wąchock”
- German: “Wąchock”
- Greek: “Βόνχοτσκ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Wąchock”
- Hebrew: “וונחוצק”
- Hungarian: “Wąchock”
- Irish: “Wąchock”
- Italian: “Wąchock”
- Japanese: “ヴォンホツク”
- Javanese: “Wąchock”
- Latvian: “Vonhocka”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Wąchock”
- Malay: “Wąchock”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wąchock”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Wąchock”
- Polish: “Wąchock”
- Portuguese: “Wąchock”
- Romanian: “Wąchock”
- Russian: “Вонхоцк”
- Scots: “Wąchock”
- Serbian: “Вонхоцк”
- Silesian: “Wąchock”
- Silesian: “Wůnchock”
- Slovak: “Wąchock”
- Spanish: “Wąchock”
- Swedish: “Wąchock”
- Tamil: “வசொக்”
- Tatar: “Вонхотск”
- Turkish: “Wąchock”
- Ukrainian: “Вонхоцьк”
- Vietnamese: “Wąchock”
- Wu Chinese: “翁霍茨克”
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Notable Places Nearby
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