Bełchatów () is a
city
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in central
Poland with a population of 55,583 as of December 2021.
[ It is located in Łódź Voivodeship, from Warsaw.
The Elektrownia Bełchatów, located in Bełchatów, is the largest coal fueled power plant in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It produces 27–28 ]TWh TWH or twh could refer to:
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of electricity per year, or 20% of the total power generation in Poland.
Districts
One municipal division of Bełchatów comprises numerous housing estates including the Budowlanych housing estate located in the central part of the town (close to the "Kultura" cinema, the Municipal Cultural Center, the Town Hall and the church). The estate is also close to the "Rakówka" river and Olszewski Park
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Other municipal divisions of Bełchatów include Dobrzelów District, Grocholice, and the following housing estates:
Cuisine
The officially protected traditional food of Bełchatów (as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland) is ''wyborowa krówka bełchatowska'', a local type of krówka (traditional Polish candy).
Sports
* Skra Bełchatów – men's volleyball team playing in PlusLiga
The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball in Poland, a professional league competition featuring volleyball clubs located in this country. It is overseen by Polska Liga Siatkówki SA (PLS SA). It is currently a 16 teams league from Oc ...
(Polish top division), 9–time Polish Champions, 7–time Polish Cup winners.
* GKS Bełchatów – men's football
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team playing in the second division, which also played in Ekstraklasa (top division) in the past.
International relations
Twin towns - sister cities
Bełchatów is twinned with:Myślenice
Myślenice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998). Population: 20,261 (2007). The town is divided into six districts. One of them, Zarabie, is a popula ...
in Poland
* Csongrád in Hungary
* Alcobaça in Portugal
* Tauragė in Lithuania
Former twin towns
* Sovetsk, Russia
In February 2022, Bełchatów suspended its partnership with the Russian city of Sovetsk as a reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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.
Notable people
* Harry Haft
Harry Haft (also known as ''Herschel Haft''; born ''Hertzko'' or ''Hertzka Haft'' on 28 July 1925 in Bełchatów, Poland;Benjamin Knaack''Boxen auf Leben und Tod'' '' Der Spiegel'' 9 June 2009 died 3 November 2007) was a survivor of the Auschwi ...
(1925–2007), survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp and a professional boxer in the United States during 1948–1949
Gallery
File:Bełchatów -siedziba PGE 4.JPG, PGE headquarters
File:Stadion GKS Bełchatów (Poland).JPG, GKS Bełchatów Stadium
File:Dworek Olszewskich.jpg, Olszewski Manor
File:MiPBP Bełchatów.JPG, Library
File:Rogowiec, Elektrownia Bełchatów - fotopolska.eu (262558).jpg, A view of the Power Plants and the Brown Coal Mine
References
External links
Official website
Jewish community of Bełchatów
on Virtual Shtetl
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Cities and towns in Łódź Voivodeship
Bełchatów County
Sieradz Voivodeship (1339–1793)
Piotrków Governorate
Łódź Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Socialist planned cities
