Wlodawa
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| Coordinates: 51°33′N 23°33′E / 51.550°N 23.550°E | |||
| Country |
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| Voivodeship | Lublin | ||
| County | Włodawa County | ||
| Gmina | Włodawa (urban gmina) | ||
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| • 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
Włodawa [vwɔˈdava] (English variant: Wlodowa; Yiddish: וולאָדאַווע Vlodave) 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[update] 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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