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Wysokie Mazowieckie

Wysokie Mazowieckie
Town Hall
Town Hall
Flag of Wysokie Mazowieckie
Flag
Coat of arms of Wysokie Mazowieckie
Coat of arms
Wysokie Mazowieckie is located in Poland
Wysokie Mazowieckie
Wysokie Mazowieckie
Coordinates: 52°55′9″N 22°30′52″E / 52.91917°N 22.51444°E / 52.91917; 22.51444
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Podlaskie
County Wysokie Mazowieckie
Gmina urban gmina
Government
 • Mayor Jarosław Siekierko
Area
 • Total 15.24 km2 (5.88 sq mi)
Population (2013)
 • Total 9,503
 • Density 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 18-200
Area code(s) +48 086
Car plates BWM
Website http://www.wysokiemazowieckie.pl

Wysokie Mazowieckie [vɨˈsɔkʲɛ mazɔˈvjɛt͡skʲɛ] is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Wysokie Mazowieckie County. Population is 10,034 as of 2005.

The Jewish cemetery in Wysokie Mazowieckie had been devastated in World War II. It was restored in 2006 and, protected by a fence, is maintained regularly by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland. The Jewish cemetery contains a memorial to local Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. The memorial monument was vandalized in August 2012.

Wysokie Mazowieckie is twinned with:

Coordinates: 52°55′N 22°31′E / 52.917°N 22.517°E / 52.917; 22.517



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