Łagów | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Motto: | Perła Ziemi Lubuskiej Pearl of Lubusz Land |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lubusz |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Świebodzin |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Łagów |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 13th century |
Established Title3: | City rights |
Established Date3: | 1727-1932 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 1600 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 52.3333°N 33°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 66-220 |
Area Code: | +48 68 |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | FSW |
Website: | www.lagow.pl |
Łagów is a village in Świebodzin County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łagów.[1] It lies approximately 19km (12miles) north-west of Świebodzin, 450NaN0 south of Gorzów Wielkopolski, and 460NaN0 north of Zielona Góra. It is located in the historic Lubusz Land.
The oldest part of the village is situated on an isthmus between two lakes of the Łagowskie Lake District: Trześniowskie (186 ha) and (82 ha). There is a Knights Hospitaller castle in Łagów, the Castle of the Order of St. John. The village gives its name to a protected area called Łagów Landscape Park.