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Bydgoszcz

city in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-central Poland
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Bydgoszcz is a place located in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship within the country of Poland [1]. It was established in 1038 and had a population of 325k in 2024 [2].

The city covers an area of 176 and sits at an elevation of 60 . Its head of government is Rafał Bruski .

Bydgoszcz operates in the Central European Summer Time time zone, utilizing UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00 [3].

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship[3]
  • Country: Poland[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Brda[5], Vistula[6]
  • Head of government: Rafał Bruski[7]
  • Continent: Europe[8]
  • Instance of: city[9], big city[10], Royal city in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth[11]
  • Shares border with: Gmina Sicienko[12], Gmina Koronowo[13], Gmina Osielsko[14], Gmina Dobrcz[15], Gmina Dąbrowa Chełmińska[16], Gmina Zławieś Wielka[17], Gmina Solec Kujawski[18], Gmina Nowa Wieś Wielka[19], Gmina Białe Błota[20]
  • Flag: flag of Bydgoszcz[21]
  • Twinned administrative body: Mannheim[22], Pavlodar[23], Wilhelmshaven[24], Pitești[25], Hartford[26], Reggio Emilia[27], Patras[28], Kremenchuk[29], Cherkasy[30], Perth[31], Kragujevac[32], Sliven[33], Ningbo[34], Swansea[35]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Bydgoszcz[36]
  • Postal code: 85-001[37]
  • Commons category: Bydgoszcz[38]
  • Licence plate code: CB[39]
  • Located in time zone: Central European Summer Time[40], UTC+01:00[41], UTC+02:00[42]
  • Local dialing code: 52[43]
  • Inception: 1038[44]
  • Official website: https://www.bydgoszcz.pl[45]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bydgoszcz[46]
  • Commons gallery: Bydgoszcz[47]
  • Population: 358,614[48], 363,926[49], 346,739[50], 337,666[51], 4691[52], 31,308[53], 57,696[54], 117,945[55], 162,524[56], 328,370[57], 324,984[58]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[59], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[60], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[61]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Bydgoszcz include Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport[62], an airport[63], in Poland[64].

Why It Matters

Bydgoszcz has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Bydgoszcz is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]

Entities named for Bydgoszcz include Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport[62], an airport[63], in Poland[64].

Related Entities

Adria Games Bydgoszcz Chór Akademicki Uniwersytetu Technologiczno-Przyrodniczego w Bydgoszczy city German Empire Jacek Góralski Jan Krzysztof Bielecki Janusz Filipiak Jerzy Szczepkowicz Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Prussia Madmind Studio Marek Cygan Marian Rejewski Michał Choraś Nazi Germany Ningbo Patras Pavlodar Perth Pesa Poland Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Radosław Sikorski Reykjavík Second Polish Republic Swansea University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz Zbigniew Boniek

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [62] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [64] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [65] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [66] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 87442
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  2. 16w ago · Czupirek · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Terc municipality code → 0461011
    Located in time zone → Central European Summer Time, UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Terc municipality code: 0461, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/140002934|Bydgoszcz (#140002934)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5373|TERC municipality cod"
  3. 23w ago · İmmortalance · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 53.116666666667, 'lon': 18}
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    Subject lexeme → {'id': 'L1215757', 'numeric-id': 1215757, 'entity-type': 'le
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