Wołomin
Wołomin | |
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Municipal Library Zofia and Wacław Nałkowski Museum Laurentium Villa | |
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Coat of arms | |
Wołomin | |
| Coordinates: 52°21′N 21°14′E / 52.350°N 21.233°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Wołomin |
| Gmina | Wołomin |
| Established | 15th century |
| Town rights | 1919 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Elżbieta Radwan (PO) |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.32 km2 (6.69 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 36,711 |
| • Density | 2,120/km2 (5,490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 05-200 |
| Area code | +48 022 |
| Car plates | WWL |
| Website | http://www.wolomin.org |
Wołomin [vɔˈwɔmin] ⓘ is a town in the Warsaw metropolitan area in the Masovian Voivodship, seat of Wołomin County. Wołomin is situated approximately 20 km (12 mi) east of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, near the railway to Białystok. It has approximately 43,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 14 km2 (5 sq mi).
In the 1990s, the town was synonymous with the "Wołomin gang", one of two major organised crime groups in the country.