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Gabin commune (Poland)
Plock county, Mazowieckie vojvodship
Last modified: 2009-02-14 by jarig bakker
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![[Għbin flag]](../images/p/pl-ma-ga.gif)
image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 22 Jan 2009
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Għbin city and commune
Għbin - urban-rural commune, P³ock County, Mazowieckie Voivodship - name
under German occupation: Gombin (1943-45) when it was annexed to the Third
Reich.
Gmina Għbin is an urban-rural gmina (commune) in P³ock County, Masovian
Voivodship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Għbin, which
lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of P³ock and 89 km (55 mi)
west of Warsaw.
Area: 146.71 sq.km (56.6 sq.mi); Population: 10,858
land under cultivation - 68%; forests - 20%
In 1974 the tallest radio mast in the world was erected here (646 m).
It collapsed in 1991 due to an error of the maintenance crew.
Arms adopted on December 9, 2002 (resolution # 3/II/2002).
Flag not mentioned anywhere, but, again "a picture is worth a thousand
words": speedwalking champion, Robert Korzeniowski (four Olympic gold medals
- Atlanta,
Sydney (double) and Athens) is shown carrying the flag of Għbin during
annual relay run in 2008.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 22 Jan 2009
Għbin CoA
![[Għbin coat of arms]](../images/p/pl-ma)ga.gif)
image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 22 Jan 2009
adopted 9 Dec 2002