Będzin
Będzin is a county town in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, in the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie region, on the Czarna Przemsza river. It is part of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis and lies between Sosnowiec, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Czeladź, Wojkowice and Psary.
- Type: Town with 55,700 residents
- Description: city and urban gmina in the Dąbrowa Basin (the Lesser Poland part of the Silesian Voivodeship), Poland
- Also known as: “Bedzin”, “Bendin”, “Bendzina”, “Бендзін”, “Бендин”, “בדז’ין”, “בדזין”, and “ベンジン”
- Neighbors: Czeladź, Dąbrowa Górnicza, and Sosnowiec
Places of Interest
Highlights: Będzin Castle and Będzin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Czeladź and Sosnowiec.
Będzin
- Categories: urban municipality of Poland and locality
- Location: Będzin, Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.3231° or 50° 19′ 23″ north
Longitude
19.1322° or 19° 7′ 56″ east
Population
55,700
Elevation
255 metres (837 feet)
UN/LOCODE
PL PBD
Open location code
9F2X84FJ+6V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Będzin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بنجن”
- Aragonese: “Będzin”
- Armenian: “Բենձին”
- Bashkir: “Бендзин”
- Basque: “Będzin”
- Belarusian: “Бэндзін”
- Bulgarian: “Бенджин”
- Catalan: “Będzin”
- Cebuano: “Będzin”
- Chechen: “Бендзин”
- Chinese: “本津”
- Czech: “Będzin”
- Danish: “Będzin”
- Dutch: “Będzin”
- Esperanto: “Będzin”
- Estonian: “Będzin”
- French: “Będzin”
- German: “Będzin”
- German: “Bendsburg”
- Greek: “Μπέντζιν”
- Hakka Chinese: “Będzin”
- Hebrew: “בנדין”
- Hindi: “बेंजिन”
- Hungarian: “Będzin”
- Indonesian: “Będzin”
- Italian: “Będzin”
- Japanese: “ベンジン（ポーランド）”
- Javanese: “Będzin”
- Korean: “벵진”
- Latvian: “Beņdzina”
- Lithuanian: “Bendzinas”
- Macedonian: “Бенѓин”
- Malay: “Będzin”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Będzin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Będzin”
- Persian: “بنجن”
- Polish: “Będzin”
- Portuguese: “Będzin”
- Romanian: “Będzin”
- Russian: “Бендзин”
- Serbian: “Benđin”
- Serbian: “Бенђин”
- Sicilian: “Będzin”
- Silesian: “Byndźin”
- Silesian: “Byńdźin”
- Slovak: “Będzin”
- Southern Sotho: “Będzin”
- Spanish: “Będzin”
- Swedish: “Będzin”
- Tatar: “Бендзин”
- Tatar: “Бенҗин”
- Thai: “แบนจิน”
- Turkish: “Będzin”
- Udmurt: “Бенӟин”
- Ukrainian: “Бендзин”
- Urdu: “بیندزین”
- Uzbek: “Bendzin”
- Vietnamese: “Będzin”
- Waray (Philippines): “Będzin”
- Yiddish: “בענדין”
- “Będzin”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Śródmieście and Stare Miasto.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mizrachi House of Prayer in Będzin and Plac 3 Maja Będzin.
Silesian Voivodeship: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Katowice and Częstochowa.
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