Brwinów
city of Poland
Brwinów [ˈbrvʲinuf] is a town in Pruszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, about 25 km (16 mi) from the centre of Warsaw. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,718.
Until 1954, Brwinów was the location of the Helenów parish council and between 1917 and 1949 it was also Letnisko-Brwinów's major town.
Between 1975 and 1998, Brwinów belonged to Warsaw Voivodeship. The town is located on the Łowicz–Błonie plains.
On 13 April 2014, there was a Warsaw Eagles – Angels Toruń exhibition football game.
Brwinów is served by the Brwinów railway station.
“Brwinów” enters the record as city of Poland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Brwinów, city and Poland can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q985661. VIAF identifies the subject as 149035229. The Library of Congress control number is n88221485. Authority coordinates are 52.142, 20.717. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 1954, 1917 and 1949.
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