Miechów
Miechów is a town in southern Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about 40 kilometres north of Kraków. It is the capital of Miechów County. Population is 11,852.
- Type: Town with 11,200 residents
- Description: city of Poland, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, 20 miles NNE of Kraków
- Also known as: “Miechov”, “Miechow”, “Mjechuw”, “Мехаy”, “Мєхув”, and “Міхів”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Miechów and Miechów Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Komorów and Siedliska.
Siedliska
Village
Biskupice
Village
Biskupice is a village in the administrative district… Biskupice is situated 3 km west of Miechów.
Miechów
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Gmina Miechów, Miechów County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.3566° or 50° 21′ 24″ north
Longitude
20.02769° or 20° 1′ 40″ east
Population
11,200
Elevation
298 metres (978 feet)
UN/LOCODE
PL MIC
Open location code
9G22924H+J3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yiddish—“Miechów” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Miechów”
- Belarusian: “Мехаў”
- Bulgarian: “Мехов”
- Catalan: “Miechów”
- Cebuano: “Miechów (kapital sa powiat)”
- Cebuano: “Miechów”
- Chechen: “Мехув”
- Chinese: “梅胡夫”
- Czech: “Miechów”
- Danish: “Miechów”
- Dutch: “Miechów”
- Esperanto: “Miechów”
- Estonian: “Miechów”
- French: “Miechów”
- German: “Miechów”
- Greek: “Μιέχουφ”
- Hebrew: “מייחוב”
- Irish: “Miechów”
- Italian: “Miechów”
- Japanese: “ミエフフ”
- Javanese: “Miechów”
- Latin: “Miechowia”
- Latvian: “Mehova”
- Lithuanian: “Mechuvas”
- Malay: “Miechów”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Miechów”
- Norwegian: “Miechów”
- Persian: “میهخوف”
- Polish: “Miechów”
- Portuguese: “Miechów”
- Romanian: “Miechów”
- Russian: “Мехув”
- Serbian: “Мјехов”
- Silesian: “Miechów”
- Silesian: “Mjechůw”
- Slovak: “Miechów”
- Slovenian: “Miechów”
- Swedish: “Miechów”
- Tatar: “Мехув”
- Turkish: “Miechów”
- Ukrainian: “Мехув”
- Vietnamese: “Miechów”
- Waray (Philippines): “Miechów”
- Yiddish: “מיעכאוו”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Osiedle Młodych and Za Cmentarzem.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Prokuratura Rejonowa w Miechowie and Sąd Rejonowy w Miechowie.
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