Bodzanów | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Masovian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Płock |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Bodzanów |
Established Title: | Town rights |
Established Date: | 1351 |
Coordinates: | 52.5011°N 20.0281°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 1300 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | WPL |
Bodzanów is a town in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 23km (14miles) east of Płock and 740NaN0 north-west of Warsaw.
The village has a population of 1,300.
The territory became part of the emering Polish state in the 10th century. In the Middle Ages, Bodzanów became a private church village of the Norbertine nuns from nearby Płock, before it was granted town rights in 1351 by Duke Bolesław III of Płock from the Piast dynasty.[1] Six annual fairs were held in Bodzanów in the late 19th century.[1]
Bodzanów regained town status on January 1, 2023.[2] [3]
The local football team is Huragan Bodzanów.[4]