Gogolin

Gogolin

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Gogolin
Coordinates: 50°29′17″N 18°1′26″E / 50.48806°N 18.02389°E / 50.48806; 18.02389
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Opole
County Krapkowice
Gmina Gogolin
Area
 • Total 20.35 km2 (7.86 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 6,077
 • Density 300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Postal code 47-320
Website http://gogolin.pl

Gogolin [ɡɔˈɡɔlʲin] is a town in Poland, in Opole Voivodeship, in Krapkowice County. It has 6,116 inhabitants (2004).

From 1742 to 1945 the town was part of Germany. A large German minority in still remains in Gogolin. The town is also known as Gogolin in German; it is one of the few places in Poland formerly under German rule whose name has never been Germanized.

Geology and palaeontology

Gogolin gives its name to the Gogolin Formation whose strata were first exposed here.

Population

Population from 1782-2005.[1]

Year Population
1783312
1830515
1844790
18551,362
18611,533
18852,789
19003,218
Year Population
19103,280
19334,132
19395,073
19806,000
19956,635
20006,383
20056,045

References

  1. ↑ Population figures: 1784: – 1830: – 1844: – 1855, 1861: – 1885: - 1900: - 1910: – 1933, 1939: – 1995, 2000, 2005:

Coordinates: 50°30′N 18°01′E / 50.500°N 18.017°E / 50.500; 18.017


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