Ostrołęka

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Ostrołęka is a town in east-central Poland known for its historical role in the Napoleonic Wars and as a local industrial and administrative center.

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Ostrołęka canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeStatus city county
climate humid continental climate
country Poland
distanceFrom approximately 120 km north-east of Warsaw
grantedTownRights 14th century
hasAdministrativeFunction seat of Ostrołęka County authorities (de facto for surrounding area)
hasArea approximately 29 square kilometres
hasBridgeOver Narew River
hasCulturalInstitution Ostrołęka Cultural Center
hasEducationalInstitution higher vocational schools
hasHospital district hospital in Ostrołęka
hasIndustry chemical industry
energy sector
paper industry
wood processing
hasMinorityLanguage Kurpie dialect region
hasMuseum Museum of Kurpie Culture in Ostrołęka
hasParishChurch St Anthony of Padua Church in Ostrołęka
hasPopulation approximately 50,000 inhabitants
hasPowerPlant Ostrołęka Power Station
hasRailConnectionTo Białystok
Warsaw
hasSecondarySchools general secondary schools (licea ogólnokształcące)
hasSportsClub Energa Ostrołęka volleyball club
MKS Narew Ostrołęka
hasTwinTown cities in Belarus
cities in Lithuania
hasVoivodeshipRoad Voivodeship road 544
Voivodeship road 627
historicalRegion Mazovia
isPartOf Ostrołęka County
knownFor Battle of Ostrołęka
surface form: Battle of Ostrołęka (1807)

Battle of Ostrołęka
surface form: Battle of Ostrołęka (1831)

historical role in the Napoleonic Wars
locatedIn Masovian Voivodeship
east-central Poland
locatedInBasin Vistula basin
surface form: Vistula River basin
locatedOnRiver Narew River
nearRegion Kurpie Forest
postalCodePrefix 07-400
role local administrative center
local industrial center
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
vehicleRegistrationCode WOS
voivodeshipCapitalOf Ostrołęka Voivodeship (1975–1998)

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