Latowicz is a town in
Mińsk County
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Mińsk County ( pl, powiat miński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It was (re)created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government r ...
,
Masovian Voivodeship
The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. The ...
, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the
gmina (administrative district) called
Gmina Latowicz.
It lies approximately south-east of
Mińsk Mazowiecki
Mińsk Mazowiecki () "''Masovian Minsk''") is a town in eastern Poland with 40,999 inhabitants (2020). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999) and is a part of the Warsaw Agglomeration. It is the capital of Mińsk County. Locate ...
and east of
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official ...
.
The town has a population of 1,429.
Notable people
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Maria Michał Kowalski
Jan Kowalski, later known as Maria Michał Kowalski ( ), was a Polish Roman Catholic diocesan priest who became a Schismatic (religion), schismatic religious leader and controversial innovator. Following Excommunication (Catholic Church), excommu ...
(1871–1942), Polish religious leader, founder of the
Catholic Mariavite Church
The Catholic Mariavite Church is an independent Old Catholic denomination in Poland resulting from a schism in 1935 within the Old Catholic Mariavite Church.
Origins
Originally, the ''Mariavite movement'' emerged as a call for renewal within ...
References
Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship
Mińsk County
Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795)
Warsaw Governorate
Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939)
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