Sobota | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Łódź |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Łowicz |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Bielawy |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 52.1161°N 19.6869°W |
Population Total: | 560 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | ELC |
Sobota (lit. "Saturday") is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bielawy, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) north-east of Bielawy, 170NaN0 west of Łowicz, and 400NaN0 north of the regional capital Łódź. It is located in Łęczyca Land.
It was a private church town, administratively located in the Orłów County in the Łęczyca Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]
Sobota was the site of the Battle of Sobota (1655), when a Polish force failed to head off the advancing Swedish invading army.