Zielonka [ʑɛˈlɔnka] is a town in Wołomin County , Masovian Voivodeship , Poland , with 17,398 inhabitants (2013). It is located about 13 km to the north-east of the centre of Warsaw .
4-590: Zielonka borders Warsaw and several other towns of the Warsaw metropolitan area : Ząbki and Marki in the west, Kobyłka in the north, and Sulejówek in the south. It was granted town rights in 1960. In August 1920, the Battle of Ossów was fought nearby, as part of the Battle of Warsaw in which the Poles were victorious and repulsed the Soviet invasion . Within the town limits, near
8-480: Is the metropolitan area of Warsaw , the capital of Poland . The metropolitan area covers ten counties in the Masovian Voivodeship , with an area of 6,100 km (2,400 sq mi) and a population of around 3.5 million in 2022. The area constitutes a separate NUTS 2 unit, as well as a separate police region with a dedicated Capital Metropolitan Police Headquarters , both of them carved out from
12-559: The Masovian Voivodeship as an exception, as Polish NUTS 2 areas and police regions are in general identical to the territories of voivodeships . The largest cities or towns within the metropolitan area are Warsaw, Pruszków , Legionowo , Otwock , Mińsk Mazowiecki , Piaseczno and Wołomin . Public transport in the metropolitan area is served by the Warsaw Public Transport Authority ( Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego ). In 2021 Warsaw's gross metropolitan product
16-556: The village of Ossów , there is a cemetery of the fallen Polish soldiers with a chapel of Our Lady of Victory. There are two railway stations in the town (Zielonka and Zielonka Bankowa). This Wołomin County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Warsaw metropolitan area The Warsaw metropolitan area (known in Polish as: aglomeracja warszawska or Miejski Obszar Funkcjonalny Warszawy )
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