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Łódź [a] is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located 120 km (75 mi) south-west of Warsaw. [8] As of 2023, Łódź has a population of 655,279, [1] making it the country's fourth largest city . Łódź first appears in records in 14th-century.
Łódź, city, capital of Łódzkie województwo (province), central Poland. It lies on the northwestern edge of the Łódź Highlands, on the watershed of the Vistula and Oder rivers, 81 miles (130 km) southwest of Warsaw. Łódź is mentioned in 14th-century records as a village. It acquired municipal rights.
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Dec 30, 2022 · a wide collection of data characterizing various aspects of economic and social life of the city in years 2020 and 2021. Additionally, the current edition presents the preliminary results of the National Population and Housing Census 2021 on the state and structure of the population, the housing stock and the economic activity.
Feb 29, 2024 · Slajd 1: Report on the socio-economic situation of Łódzkie voivodship 2024; Slajd 2: Socio-Ekonomic Situation in Łódź 1-4 quarter 2023; Slajd 3: Population in the labour market in Łódzkie Voivodship in the light of the National Census of Population and Housing 2021 results
As nearly 25 percent of the Jews had fled the city by the time the ghetto was set up, its prisoner population as of 1 May 1940 was 164,000. Over the coming year, Jews from German-occupied Europe as far away as Luxembourg were deported to the ghetto on their way to the extermination camps. A small Romany population was also resettled there.
The city was Russia's main centre for textile production and large numbers of the industrialists were Jewish. Many of the city's grand mansions and buildings went up during this era of Lodz history. During the 1800s, the population of the city doubled every decade, and by the end of the century the city had emerged as a primary source of the ...
