Stare Babice
| Stare Babice | ||
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Parish church in Stare Babice | ||
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  Stare Babice | ||
| Coordinates: 52°15′N 20°51′E / 52.250°N 20.850°E | ||
| Country |
 Poland | |
| Voivodeship | Masovian | |
| County | Warsaw West | |
| Gmina | Stare Babice | |
| Population (2010)[1] | 2,056 | |
Stare Babice (pronounced [ˈstarɛ baˈbit͡sɛ], English: the Old Babice) is a village in Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stare Babice.[2] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Ożarów Mazowiecki and 11 km (7 mi) west of Warsaw.
In terms of population, it is the largest village in the district, with a population of 2,056 people as of 31 December 2010.[1]
World War II history
During occupation of Poland in World War II, Babice served as location of mass executions of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto nearby. In 1942, 110 Jews from the Gęsiówka Prison in Warsaw were murdered by the Germans in a single Babice massacre (pl).
Notes and references
- 1 2 "Liczba mieszkańców Gminy Stare Babice w podziale na miejscowości" (in Polish). Gmina Stare Babice. 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- Jewish Community in Stare Babice on Virtual Shtetl
- Bartoszewski, Władysław (1970). Warszawski pierścień śmierci 1939–1944. Warszawa: Interpress.
- Ringelblum, Emanuel (1988). Stosunki polsko-żydowskie w czasie drugiej wojny światowej. Warszawa: Czytelnik. ISBN 83-07-01686-X.
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Coordinates: 52°15′N 20°51′E / 52.250°N 20.850°E