Gogolin

Coordinates: 50°30′N 18°01′E / 50.500°N 18.017°E / 50.500; 18.017
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Gogolin
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Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyKrapkowice
GminaGogolin
Area
 • Total20.35 km2 (7.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total6,077
 • Density300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Postal code
47-320
Websitehttp://gogolin.pl

Gogolin [ɡɔˈɡɔlʲin] is a town in Poland, in Opole Voivodeship, in Krapkowice County. It has 6,116 inhabitants (2004).

From 1742 to 1945 the town was part of Germany. A large German minority in still remains in Gogolin. The town is also known as Gogolin in German; it is one of the few places in Poland formerly under German rule whose name has never been Germanized.

Geology and palaeontology

Gogolin gives its name to the Gogolin Formation whose strata were first exposed here.

Population

Population from 1782-2005.[1]

Year Population
1783 312
1830 515
1844 790
1855 1,362
1861 1,533
1885 2,789
1900 3,218
Year Population
1910 3,280
1933 4,132
1939 5,073
1980 6,000
1995 6,635
2000 6,383
2005 6,045

References

  1. ^ Population figures: 1784: [1] – 1830: [2] – 1844: [3] – 1855, 1861: [4] – 1885: [5] - 1900: [6] - 1910: [7] – 1933, 1939: [8] – 1995, 2000, 2005: [9]

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