Legnica
city with powiat rights of Poland
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Legnica is a city with powiat rights in Poland[1]. Legnica draws 2,528 Wikipedia views per month (city with powiat rights in poland category, ranking #27 of 62).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lower Silesian Voivodeship[3]
- Country: Poland[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Kaczawa[5]
- Continent: Europe[6]
- Instance of: city[7]
- Flag: flag of Legnica[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Blansko[9], Roanne[10], Meissen[11], Wuppertal[12], Drohobych[13]
- Coat of arms: Coat of arms of Legnica[14]
- Postal code: 59-220[15]
- Commons category: Legnica[16]
- Licence plate code: DL[17]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[18], UTC+02:00[19]
- Inception: 1264[20]
- Official website: http://www.portal.legnica.eu/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Legnica[22]
- Commons gallery: Legnica[23]
- Population: 101,133[24], 99,350[25], 94,878[26]
- Described by source: Svensk uppslagsbok[27], Vlastenský slovník historický[28], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[29], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[30], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[31], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Otto's encyclopedia[34], Regesta Imperii[35], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[36], Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae[37], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[39], Meyer’s Universum, Fünfzehnter Band[40]
- Capital of: Legnica County[41], Duchy of Legnica[42]
- Official name: Legnica[43]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Legnica[44]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Legnica[45]
- Female population: 50,165[46]
- Male population: 44,713[47]
- Native label: Legnica[48]
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Physical Characteristics
Legnica covers an area of 56.29 km²[49]. Legnica sits at an elevation of 113 m[50].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Legnica include Legnica Airport[51], an aerodrome[52], in Poland[53].
Why It Matters
Legnica has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Legnica is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for Legnica include Legnica Airport[51], an aerodrome[52], in Poland[53].