Sobota, Łódź Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Sobota. Village in Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Sobota
Village
Saints Peter and Paul church in Sobota
Coat of arms
Sobota
Coordinates: 52°6′58″N 19°41′13″E / 52.11611°N 19.68694°E / 52.11611; 19.68694
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Łowicz
Gmina	Bielawy
Population
• Total	560
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ELC

Sobota (lit. "Saturday") is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bielawy, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Bielawy, 17 km (11 mi) west of Łowicz, and 40 km (25 mi) north of the regional capital Łódź. It is located in Łęczyca Land.

History

It was a private church town, administratively located in the Orłów County in the Łęczyca Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

Sobota was the site of the Battle of Sobota (1655), when a Polish force failed to head off the advancing Swedish invading army.

"Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1998. p. 3.

v t e Gmina Bielawy
Seat	Bielawy
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