Żagań

city in Lower Silesia, Poland
Place urban_municipality_of_poland Q158459
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Summary

Żagań is an urban municipality of Poland[1]. Żagań ranks in the top 8% of urban municipality of poland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,298 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Żagań County[3]
  • Country: Poland[4]
  • Continent: Europe[5]
  • Twinned administrative body: Teltow[6], Saint-Omer[7], Netphen[8], Ortrand[9], Duns[10]
  • Postal code: 68-100 a 68-103[11]
  • Commons category: Żagań[12]
  • Licence plate code: FZG[13]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[14], UTC+02:00[15]
  • Said to be the same as: Żagań[16]
  • Official website: http://www.um.zagan.pl[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Żagań[18]
  • Commons gallery: Żagań[19]
  • Population: 24,424[20]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Otto's encyclopedia[25], Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[28]
  • Capital of: Duchy of Żagań[29]
  • Official name: Żagań[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Żagań[31]
  • Female population: 12,706[32]
  • Male population: 11,718[33]
  • Category for people buried here: Q113618674[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Żagań[35]
  • Owner of: Stadion przy ulicy Franciszka Karpińskiego w Żaganiu[36]
  • Different from: Q18945703[37]
  • Elevation above sea level: 100 m[38]
  • Area: 39.92 km²[39]

Why It Matters

Żagań has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Żagań is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . lavoixdunord.fr. lavoixdunord.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . amt-ortrand.de. amt-ortrand.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . worlddata.info. Retrieved . worlddata.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . worlddata.info. Retrieved . worlddata.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 87558
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 87558, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Capital of → Duchy of Żagań
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Żagań
    Category for people buried here → Q113618674
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0002834-Zahan-Polsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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