Poland
Silesian Voivodeship
Częstochowa

Częstochowa

Częstochowa is a city in the in the south of Poland; it's industrial and had a population of 214,342 in 2021. It's best known for the monastery of Jasna Góra, holding the Black Madonna icon, and is a major pilgrimage site for Roman Catholics.
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  • Type: City with 213,000 residents
  • Description: city in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
  • Also known as: “Čenstochová”, “Chenstochov”, “Chenstokhov”, “Chenstokhova”, “Chestokhova”, “Czestochowa”, “Tschenstochau”, and “Tshenstokhov”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Częstochowa railway station and Częstochowa Town Hall.

Railway station
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is one of two major railway stations in Częstochowa, , , the other station being .

Museum
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is a museum.

Church
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The Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family also called is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and was built in the neo-Gothic style, it is a three-nave church following the Roman or Latin rite and is located on the street Krakowska in the city of Częstochowa in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tysiąclecie and Ostatni Grosz.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Częstochowa

Latitude
50.812° or 50° 48′ 43″ north
Longitude
19.1132° or 19° 6′ 48″ east
Population
213,000
Elevation
253 metres (830 feet)
IATA airport code
CZW
United Nations Location Code
PL CZW
Open location code
9F2XR467+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31902385
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3100946
Wiki­data ID
Q103217
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Częstochowa” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Częstochowa”
  • Albanian: “Çenstohova”
  • Albanian: “Częstochowa”
  • Arabic: “تشيستوخوفا”
  • Aragonese: “Częstochowa”
  • Armenian: “Չեստոխովա”
  • Arpitan: “Częstochowa”
  • Asturian: “Częstochowa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çenstoxova”
  • Bashkir: “Ченстохова”
  • Basque: “Częstochowa”
  • Bavarian: “Częstochowa”
  • Belarusian: “Чанстахова”
  • Belarusian: “Чэнстахова”
  • Bengali: “চেজটোকা”
  • Breton: “Częstochowa”
  • Bulgarian: “Ченстохова”
  • Catalan: “Częstochowa”
  • Cebuano: “Częstochowa (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Częstochowa (powiat)”
  • Cebuano: “Częstochowa”
  • Chechen: “Ченстохова”
  • Chinese: “Częstochowa”
  • Chinese: “琴斯托霍瓦”
  • Chinese: “程斯托賀華”
  • Corsican: “Częstochowa”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Çenstohova”
  • Croatian: “Częstochowa”
  • Czech: “Čenstochova”
  • Czech: “Čenstochová”
  • Czech: “Częstochowa”
  • Danish: “Czestochowa”
  • Danish: “Częstochowa”
  • Dutch: “Czestochowa”
  • Dutch: “Częstochowa”
  • Dutch: “Tschenstochau”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تشيستوخوفا”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉenstoĥovo”
  • Esperanto: “Częstochowa”
  • Estonian: “Czestochowa”
  • Estonian: “Częstochowa”
  • Finnish: “Czestochowa”
  • Finnish: “Częstochowa”
  • Finnish: “Tschenstochau”
  • French: “Czestochowa”
  • French: “Częstochowa”
  • Friulian: “Częstochowa”
  • Galician: “Częstochowa”
  • Georgian: “ჩენსტოხოვა”
  • German: “Czenstochau”
  • German: “Czestochowa”
  • German: “Częstochowa”
  • German: “Tschenstochau” (historical)
  • Greek: “Τσενστοχόβα”
  • Gujarati: “ઝેસ્ટોચોવા”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Częstochowa”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Khìm-sṳ̂-thok-khok-ngá”
  • Hebrew: “צ’נסטוחוב”
  • Hebrew: “צ’נסטוחובה”
  • Hebrew: “צ’נסטוכוב”
  • Hebrew: “צ’נסטוכובה”
  • Hebrew: “צ’נסטחוב”
  • Hebrew: “צ’סטוחובה”
  • Hebrew: “צנסטוחובה”
  • Hindi: “झेस्टोचोवा”
  • Hungarian: “Częstochowa”
  • Icelandic: “Częstochowa”
  • Ido: “Częstochowa”
  • Indonesian: “Czestochowa”
  • Indonesian: “Częstochowa”
  • Indonesian: “Tschenstochau”
  • Interlingua: “Czenstochovia”
  • Interlingua: “Częstochowa”
  • Interlingue: “Częstochowa”
  • Irish: “Częstochowa”
  • Italian: “Cestocova”
  • Italian: “Czestochowa”
  • Italian: “Częstochowa”
  • Japanese: “チェストホワ”
  • Japanese: “チェンストホーヴァ”
  • Japanese: “チェンストホヴァ”
  • Japanese: “チェンストホワ”
  • Javanese: “Częstochowa”
  • Kannada: “ಝೆಸ್ಟೋಚೋವಾ”
  • Kashubian: “Czãstochòwa”
  • Kashubian: “Częstochowa”
  • Kongo: “Częstochowa”
  • Korean: “체스토호바”
  • Korean: “쳉스토호바”
  • Latin: “Chastochova”
  • Latin: “Czanstochova”
  • Latin: “Czanstochowa”
  • Latvian: “Čenstohova”
  • Latvian: “Czestochowa”
  • Latvian: “Częstochowa”
  • Ligurian: “Częstochowa”
  • Limburgan: “Częstochowa”
  • Lithuanian: “Čenstakava”
  • Lithuanian: “Čenstakavas”
  • Lithuanian: “Čenstochova”
  • Lithuanian: “Čestochova”
  • Low German: “Czestochowa”
  • Low German: “Częstochowa”
  • Low German: “Tschenstochau”
  • Luxembourgish: “Częstochowa”
  • Macedonian: “Ченстохова”
  • Malagasy: “Częstochowa”
  • Malay: “Czestochowa”
  • Maltese: “Częstochowa”
  • Manx: “Czestochowa”
  • Manx: “Częstochowa”
  • Marathi: “क्‍झेस्‍तोचोवा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Częstochowa”
  • Minangkabau: “Częstochowa”
  • Moksha: “Чэнстохова”
  • Narom: “Częstochowa”
  • Nauru: “Czestochowa”
  • Nauru: “Częstochowa”
  • Neapolitan: “Częstochowa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Czestochowa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Częstochowa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chenstekhov”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Czestochowa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Częstochowa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tschenstochau”
  • Norwegian: “Czestochowa”
  • Norwegian: “Częstochowa”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Częstochowa”
  • Ossetian: “Ченстоховæ”
  • Persian: “چستوچوا”
  • Persian: “چستوهووا”
  • Persian: “چنستوخووا”
  • Picard: “Częstochowa”
  • Piemontese: “Częstochowa”
  • Polish: “Częstochowa”
  • Polish: “Czewa”
  • Portuguese: “Częstochowa”
  • Quechua: “Częstochowa”
  • Romanian: “Czestochowa”
  • Romanian: “Częstochowa”
  • Romansh: “Częstochowa”
  • Russian: “Чева”
  • Russian: “Ченстохов”
  • Russian: “Ченстохова”
  • Russian: “Ченстохово”
  • Rusyn: “Ченстохова”
  • Sardinian: “Częstochowa”
  • Scots: “Czestochowa”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Częstochowa”
  • Serbian: “Čenstohova”
  • Serbian: “Częstochowa”
  • Serbian: “Ченстохова”
  • Serbian: “Честохова”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Częstochowa”
  • Sicilian: “Częstochowa”
  • Silesian: “Čynstochowa”
  • Silesian: “Czynstochowa”
  • Silesian: “Czynstochowy”
  • Sinhala: “සෙස්ටෝචෝවා”
  • Slovak: “Čenstochová”
  • Slovak: “Częstochowa”
  • Slovenian: “Čenstohova”
  • Slovenian: “Częstochowa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چستوچوا”
  • Southern Sotho: “Częstochowa”
  • Spanish: “Czestochowa”
  • Spanish: “Częstochowa”
  • Swahili: “Częstochowa”
  • Swedish: “Czestochowa”
  • Swedish: “Częstochowa”
  • Swedish: “Jasna Gora”
  • Swedish: “Jasna Góra”
  • Swedish: “Svarta Madonnan”
  • Swiss German: “Częstochowa”
  • Tamil: “கிரெஸ்டொகோவா”
  • Tatar: “Ченстохова”
  • Telugu: “జెస్టోచోవా”
  • Thai: “Częstochowa”
  • Thai: “เชนสโตโควา”
  • Thai: “ตแชนสตอคอวา”
  • Turkish: “Çestohova”
  • Turkish: “Czestochowa ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Czestochowa İlçesi”
  • Turkish: “Częstochowa ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Częstochowa İlçesi”
  • Turkish: “Częstochowa”
  • Udmurt: “Ӵенстохова”
  • Ukrainian: “Ченстохова”
  • Urdu: “سیزستٹوچووا”
  • Uzbek: “Chenstoxova”
  • Venetian: “Częstochowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Czestochowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Częstochowa”
  • Vlaams: “Częstochowa”
  • Volapük: “Częstochowa”
  • Walloon: “Częstochowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Częstochowa”
  • Welsh: “Częstochowa”
  • Wolof: “Częstochowa”
  • Wu Chinese: “琴斯托霍瓦”
  • Yiddish: “Chenstochov”
  • Yiddish: “טשענסטאָכאָוו”
  • Yue Chinese: “程斯托賀華”
  • Zulu: “Częstochowa”
  • “Częstochowa”
  • “ma tomo Sensokowa”

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