| Bocheń | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Łódź |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Łowicz |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Łowicz |
| Coordinates: | 52.1047°N 19.8139°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 321[1] |
| Registration Plate: | ELC |
Bocheń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łowicz, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 9km (06miles) west of Łowicz and 430NaN0 northeast of the regional capital, Łódź.
Bocheń dates back to prehistoric or early medieval times.[2] The village was mentioned in a medieval document from 1359.[2]
During the invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on September 16, 1939, the Germans murdered 15 Polish farmers in Bocheń.[3] 12 Polish farmers from Bocheń and nearby Guźnia were also murdered that day by Wehrmacht troops near the Rydwan lake, south of Bocheń and Guźnia (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3] During the German occupation of Poland the village was an important center of Polish resistance, and even underground Polish press was issued there.[2]