Aleksandria | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Częstochowa |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Konopiska |
Coordinates: | 50.7333°N 75°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Elevation M: | 275 |
Population Total: | 2131 |
Website: | http://konopiska.home.pl/solectwa/aleksandria.pdf |
Timezone1: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Iso Code: | POL |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 42-274 |
Registration Plate: | SCZ |
Aleksandria is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Konopiska, within Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 14km (09miles) south-west of Częstochowa and 540NaN0 north of the regional capital Katowice.
The village was founded in honor of Russian Emperor Alexander II. Previously, this area was covered with forest. In Alexandria there is a Church of Maximilian Kolbe built in 1991. There is also the house of the Missionaries of St. Anthony Mary Claret.