| Bełchatów | |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name1: | Łódź |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bełchatów |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bełchatów (urban gmina) |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 14th century |
| Established Title2: | City rights |
| Established Date2: | 1743-1870, 1925 |
| Leader Party: | NN |
| Leader Title: | City mayor |
| Leader Name: | Patryk Marjan |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 34.64 |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population As Of: | 31 December 2021 |
| Population Total: | 55583 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1605 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] [4] |
| Coordinates: | 51.3667°N 41°W |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 97-400 |
| Area Code: | +48 44 |
| Registration Plate: | EBE |
| Blank Name Sec2: | National roads |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Voivodeship roads |
| Website: | http://www.belchatow.pl |
Bełchatów is a city in central Poland with a population of 55,583, as of December 2021.[3] It is located in Łódź Voivodeship, 160km (100miles) southwest of Warsaw.
The Elektrownia Bełchatów, located in Bełchatów, is the largest coal fueled power plant in Europe and the fifth largest in the world. It produces 27–28 TWh of electricity per year, or 20% of the total power generation in Poland.[5] 8,000 people work directly for the company that runs the coal mine and electricity plants.
One municipal division of Bełchatów comprises numerous housing estates, including the Budowlanych housing estate located in the central part of the town (close to the "Kultura" cinema, the Municipal Cultural Center, the Town Hall and the church). The estate is also close to the "Rakówka" river and Olszewski Park.
Other municipal divisions of Bełchatów include Dobrzelów District, Grocholice, and the following housing estates:
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Grocholice was a private church town, whereas Bełchatów, Dobrzelów and Zdzieszulice were private villages of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Piotrków County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[6]
The officially protected traditional food of Bełchatów (as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland) is wyborowa krówka bełchatowska, a local type of krówka (traditional Polish candy).[7]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland.
Aubergenville, France
Myślenice in Poland
Csongrád in Hungary
Tauragė in Lithuania
Sovetsk, RussiaIn February 2022, Bełchatów suspended its partnership with the Russian city of Sovetsk as a reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]