Wieliszew w is a village

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 Legionowo County

Legionowo County

Legionowo 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 Legionowo, 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

Poland

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, in the bifurcation of the Vistula

Vistula

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 and Narew

Narew

The Narew River , in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, is a left tributary of the Vistula river...

 Rivers. It is the seat of the gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (commune or municipality

Municipality

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as administrative district) called Gmina Wieliszew

Gmina Wieliszew

Gmina Wieliszew is a rural gmina in Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Wieliszew, which lies approximately north-east of Legionowo and north of Warsaw....

. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Legionowo

Legionowo

Legionowo is a town in Masovia . According to the 2004 Census estimate the town has a total population of 50,759.Legionowo is located ca. 23 km to the north-east of the center of Warsaw and only 7 km to the south of Zegrze Reservoir , near the Warsaw-Gdańsk railroad and Warsaw-Suwałki...

 and 26 km (16 mi) north 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...

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The village, which has a history of over 700 years and has been the seat of commune authorities since 1993, has a population of 3,122 and it is the most populated and economically strongest village of Gmina Wieliszew

Gmina Wieliszew

Gmina Wieliszew is a rural gmina in Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Wieliszew, which lies approximately north-east of Legionowo and north of Warsaw....

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Wieliszew borders on the following villages: Skrzeszew

Skrzeszew

Skrzeszew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Repki, within Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. The village has a population of 460. It lies approximately east of Repki, east of Sokołów Podlaski, and east of Warsaw.In 1428 the village was given by...

 and Komornica

Komornica

Komornica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland...

 in the west, Izbica

Izbica

Izbica is a village in Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Izbica. It lies approximately south of Krasnystaw and south-east of the regional capital Lublin...

, Jachranka

Jachranka

Jachranka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Serock, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Serock, north of Legionowo, and north of Warsaw....

 and Skubianka

Skubianka

Skubianka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Serock, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Serock, north-east of Legionowo, and north of Warsaw.-References:...

 (via Jezioro Zegrzyńskie) (Lake Zegrzyńskie) in the north, Zegrze Południowe and Nieporęt

Nieporet

Nieporęt is a village in Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Nieporęt. It lies approximately east of Legionowo and north of Warsaw....

 in the east, and Łajski and Michałów-Reginów in the south. In the north, the village has a natural boundary, formed by the Narew River and Jezioro Zegrzyńskie of an area of approx. 700 ha, which was created as a result of damming the waters of the Bug River

Bug River

The Bug River is a left tributary of the Narew river flows from central Ukraine to the west, passing along the Ukraine-Polish and Polish-Belarusian border and into Poland, where it empties into the Narew river near Serock. The part between the lake and the Vistula River is sometimes referred to as...

 and Narew

Narew

The Narew River , in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, is a left tributary of the Vistula river...

 Rivers in Dębe

Debe, Legionowo County

Dębe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Serock, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Serock, north of Legionowo, and north of Warsaw.-References:...

and made available for general use in 1963.

The village and commune with its large forests, numerous natural monuments, meadows, and ponds (which are located within the zone of the Warsaw Protected Landscape Area) located near the capital, provides excellent holiday and recreation conditions.