Gmina Wąchock
Gmina Wąchock is an urban-rural gmina in Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wąchock, which lies approximately 5 kilometres north-west of Starachowice and 35 km north-east of the regional capital Kielce.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 6,860 residents
- Description: urban-rural gmina of Poland
- Also known as: “Wąchock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wąchock Abbey and Wąchock train station.
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
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Wąchock train station is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Starachowice and Wąchock.
Starachowice
Town
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Starachowice is a city in southeastern Poland, with 49,513 inhabitants. It is the capital of Starachowice County in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. It is situated upon the River Kamienna, a tributary of the Vistula River, among hills and forests.
Wąchock
Town
Photo: MacQtosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Rataje
Village
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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.
Gmina Wąchock
- Category: urban-rural municipality of Poland
- Location: Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Gmina Wąchock” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wąchock udalerria”
- Belarusian: “Вонхацк”
- Belarusian: “Гміна Вонхацк”
- Cebuano: “Wąchock”
- Chinese: “Wąchock Kong-siā”
- Dutch: “Wąchock”
- French: “Wąchock”
- German: “Gmina Wąchock”
- Italian: “Wachock”
- Italian: “Wąchock”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wąchock”
- Persian: “گمینا وانخوتسک”
- Polish: “gmina Wąchock”
- Polish: “Wąchock”
- Portuguese: “Comuna de wachock”
- Portuguese: “Comuna de Wąchock”
- Russian: “Вонхоцк”
- Russian: “Гмина Вонхоцк”
- Slovak: “Gmina Wąchock”
- South Azerbaijani: “قمینا وانخوتسک”
- Swedish: “Wąchocks kommun”
- Ukrainian: “Вонхоцьк”
- Ukrainian: “Гміна Вонхоцьк”
- Ukrainian: “Ґміна Вонхоцьк”
- Waray (Philippines): “Gmina Wąchock”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Leśniczówka Bugaj and Nadleśnictwo Rataje.
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