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Wlodawa

Włodawa
Church
Church
Flag of Włodawa
Flag
Coat of arms of Włodawa
Coat of arms
Włodawa is located in Poland
Włodawa
Włodawa
Coordinates: 51°33′N 23°33′E / 51.550°N 23.550°E / 51.550; 23.550
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lublin
County Włodawa County
Gmina Włodawa (urban gmina)
Government
 • Mayor Jerzy Wrzesień
Area
 • Total 17.97 km2 (6.94 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 13,630
 • Density 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 22-200
Car plates LWL
Website Official website

Coordinates: 51°33′N 23°33′E / 51.550°N 23.550°E / 51.550; 23.550

Włodawa [vwɔˈdava] (English variant: Wlodowa; Yiddish: וולאָדאַוועVlodave) is a town in eastern Poland on the Bug River, close to the borders with Belarus and Ukraine. It is the seat of Włodawa County, situated in the Lublin Voivodeship since 1999. As of 2011 it has a population of 14,800.

The town lies along the borders of Poland with both, westernmost Belarus and Ukraine, on the banks of the Bug River, 51 kilometres (32 miles) from Chełm in Poland and Brest in Belarus; 64 kilometres (40 miles) from Terespol, 86 kilometres (53 miles) from Lublin, and 77 kilometres (48 miles) from Liuboml in the Volyn Oblast of Ukraine. It is close to the Belarusian southernmost strip of the Brest Raion within the Brest Region bordering with north-western Ukraine.


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