Popowo, Gmina Tłuchowo Explained

Popowo
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lipno
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Tłuchowo
Coordinates:52.7012°N 19.414°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Module:
Wikidata:yes
Zoom:11
Height:300
Stroke-Width:1

Popowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tłuchowo, within Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) south-west of Tłuchowo, 240NaN0 south-east of Lipno, and 650NaN0 south-east of Toruń.

Lech Wałęsa, former president of Poland, was born here.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Web site: Lech Wałęsa wrócił do domu. "Kocham tę ziemię" . Śmigielski . Marcin . 2013-12-15 . . pl . 2015-09-05.
  3. Book: Walesa . Lech . Lech Wałęsa . 1992 . Rybicki . Arkadiusz . Arkadiusz Rybicki . The struggle and the triumph : an autobiography . first . New York . Arcade Publishing . 297 . 1559701498 . Every Sunday we walked four miles to church, and along the way we prayed before all those statues of the Virgin spread out along the road from Popowo to Chalin. .