Okonek
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Okonek
| image_flag = POL Okonek flag.svg
| image_shield = POL Okonek COA 1.svg
| image_skyline = MOs810, WG 2015 54 Okonecczyzna (Church of Our Lady of Redemption of Slaves in Okonek) (4).JPG
| image_caption = Church of Our Lady of Redemption of Slaves
| pushpin_map = Poland
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Złotów
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Okonek
| established_title = Town rights
| established_date = 1754
| area_total_km2 = 6.01
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_total = 3855
| population_density_km2 = auto
| coordinates = {{coord|53|32|N|16|51|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| elevation_m =
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 64-965
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = PZL
| blank_name_sec2 = National road
| blank_info_sec2 = 32px
| website = http://www.okonek.pl/
}}
Okonek {{IPAc-pl|o|'|k|o|n|e|k}} ({{langx|de|Ratzebuhr}}) is a town in Poland, in Złotów County in Greater Poland Voivodeship,{{TERYT}} with approximately 4,200 inhabitants.
History
The settlement was first mentioned in a document of 1547.{{cite book|last=Kratz|first=Gustav|year=1865|title=Die Städte der Provinz Pommern. Abriss ihrer Geschichte, zumeist nach Urkunden|language=de|location=Berlin|page=320}} In 1597, Duke John Frederick established three annual fairs. Due to its location as the sole Ducal Pomeranian customs point on the trade route from Gdańsk and Königsberg to Germany, it developed an urban character. It was granted town rights in 1754.{{cite book|last=Krzysztofik|first=Robert|title=Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna|year=2007|location=Katowice|publisher=Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego|language=pl|pages=56–57|isbn=978-83-226-1616-1}} The town suffered in a Russian invasion during the Seven Years' War.{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich|volume=VII|year=1886|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=430}} The cloth industry flourished until the Napoleonic Wars.
Demographics
{{Historical populations|align=left|cols=2|1871|2174|1880|2432|1890|2298|1900|2245|1910|2375|1925|2611|1939|2940|1950|2156|1960|3153|2010|3855
|source={{cite book|author=|title=Dokumentacja Geograficzna|volume=3/4|year=1967|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk|page=34}}{{cite book|author=|url=https://stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_l_ludnosc_stan_struktura_31_12_2010.pdf|title=Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r.|year=2011|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=107|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113152513/https://stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_l_ludnosc_stan_struktura_31_12_2010.pdf|archive-date=13 November 2011}}}}
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References
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Category:Cities and towns in Greater Poland Voivodeship
Category:Populated riverside places in Poland
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