Nakło, Częstochowa County

For other places with the same name, see Nakło (disambiguation).
Nakło
Village
Nakło
Coordinates: 50°39′N 19°43′E / 50.650°N 19.717°E / 50.650; 19.717
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Częstochowa County
Gmina Lelów
Population 614

Nakło [ˈnakwɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelów, within Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Lelów, 46 km (29 mi) east of Częstochowa, 84 km (52 mi) north of Kraków 68 km (42 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice.

Architectural relics include a brick church built at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries and consecrated in 1726 by Bishop Augustine Wessel, and an 18th-century neoclassical palace. The Palace at Nakło was designed by Polish economist and royal architect Jan Ferdynand Nax.

The village has a population of 614.

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Coordinates: 50°39′N 19°43′E / 50.650°N 19.717°E / 50.650; 19.717


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