Białołęka

File:Warsaw district Bialoleka coa.png
Area	74 km²
Population	75 758 (2007)
Population density	1037/km²
Mayor	Jacek Kaznowski
Notable landmarks
Białołęka Website

Białołęka is a district in Warsaw located in the northern part of the city.

[edit] History

[edit] Białołęka Village

Białołęka Village came into being in 1425 and belonged to the Gołyński Family. In 1938 Białołęka has 900 inhabitants and belonged to the Bródno municipality.

[edit] Białołęka District

In 1994, due to Act about new territorial division of capital, Białołęka changed its name to Warszawa-Białołęka municipality. In 2002, the territorial division was changed by replacing Warsaw's municipalities into districts.

[edit] Division

Area of the division divides into following parts:

• "industrial" located in central, western, southern and southern-western part
• "housing estates with big density of buildings" located in western and northern-western part
• "housing estates with prevalent detached houses" - northern and eastern part.

[edit] Education

In Białołęka, there are about 5 gymnasiums and about 15 primary schools. The most known schools is Jan Marcin Szancer Primary School 342 (Szkoła Podstawowa z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi Nr 342 im. Jana Marcina Szancera w Warszawie). It is the biggest school in Poland in the respect of number of pupils. It was established in 1992 and is still opened. School's principal is Maria Marciniak.

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Coordinates: 52°11′34.37″N 20°53′23.03″E / 52.1928806°N 20.8897306°E / 52.1928806; 20.8897306