Magdalenka, Masovian Voivodeship
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Magdalenka m is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Lesznowola
, within Piaseczno County
, Masovian Voivodeship
, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Lesznowola
, 9 km (6 mi) north-west of Piaseczno
, and 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Warsaw
.
The village has a population of 400.
It was also the site of a bloodly conflict between Polish Special Forces, BOA
, and two heavily armed mafia soldiers. It ended with two Police Offciers killed, and eighteen wounded (mafia soldiers used homemade mines and explosives, they also had at least twenty eight weapons - from handguns to rifles) .
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Lesznowola
Gmina Lesznowola
Gmina Lesznowola is a rural gmina in Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Lesznowola, which lies approximately north-west of Piaseczno and south of Warsaw....
, within Piaseczno County
Piaseczno County
Piaseczno County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Piaseczno, which lies ...
, Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship
-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...
, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Lesznowola
Lesznowola, Piaseczno County
Lesznowola is a village in Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Lesznowola. It lies approximately north-west of Piaseczno and south of Warsaw....
, 9 km (6 mi) north-west of Piaseczno
Piaseczno
Piaseczno is a town in central Poland with 32,610 inhabitants .It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship, approximately 16 kilometers south of Warsaw. It is a popular residential area and a suburb of Warsaw and is strongly linked to the capital, both economically and culturally...
, and 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
.
The village has a population of 400.
It was also the site of a bloodly conflict between Polish Special Forces, BOA
Policja
Policja is the generic name for the police in Poland. The Polish police force was known as policja throughout the Second Polish Republic , and in modern post-communist Republic of Poland since 1990. Its current size is 103.309 officers and ca. 12.000 civilian employees...
, and two heavily armed mafia soldiers. It ended with two Police Offciers killed, and eighteen wounded (mafia soldiers used homemade mines and explosives, they also had at least twenty eight weapons - from handguns to rifles) .