Brodnica [brɔdˈɲit͡sa] (German: Strasburg) is a town in northern Poland with 28,574 inhabitants as of 2014. It is the seat of Brodnica County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The nearby Brodnica Landscape Park, a protected area, gets its name from Brodnica. Founded in the Middle Ages by the Teutonic Order, Brodnica is a former royal town of Poland.
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Gmina Brodnica is a rural gmina in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Brodnica, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers an area of 126.96 square kilometres, and as of 2006 its total population is 6,524.
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Brodnica County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Brodnica, which lies 58 km north-east of Toruń and 95 km east of Bydgoszcz. The county also contains the towns of Jabłonowo Pomorskie, lying 23 km north-west of Brodnica, and Górzno, 18 km east of Brodnica.
The county covers an area of 1,038.79 square kilometres. As of 2019, its total population is 78,935, out of which the population of Brodnica is 28,788, that of Jabłonowo Pomorskie is 3,754, that of Górzno is 1,366, and the rural population is 45,027.
The county includes part of the protected area known as Brodnica Landscape Park.
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Wybudowanie Michałowo [vɨbudɔˈvaɲɛ mixaˈwɔvɔ] is a part of Brodnica in Gmina Brodnica, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
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Kominy [kɔˈminɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brodnica, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
It features heritage sites in a variety of styles, including Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical. Landmarks include medieval towers, gates and churches, preserved market squares, and a regional museum. Brodnica is the home of the oldest continuously operating Polish bank, and was the place of a Polish victory over invadings Russians in 1920.