Białołęka


Białołęka is one of 18 districts of Warsaw, located in the northern part of the city. Until October 27, 2002 Białołęka was a gmina. The name Białołęka comes from a nobleman Białołęcki, who bought the area before the First World War.
According to the Central Statistical Office data, the district's area is and 92 768 people inhabit Białołęka.

History

On the fields of Białołęka, one of the battles with the Swedish on July 28–30, 1656 took place. On February 25, 1831 one of the battles of the November Uprising - Battle of Białołęka - took place.
The area of the division is subdivided into following parts:
Białołęka is divided into smaller subdivisions. Here's a list of them.
Other subdivisions:
  1. Henrykowski Park – 30 056 m²
  2. "Picassa" Park – 36 700 m²
  1. By Botewa/Talarowa streets – 5088 m²
  2. Next to Picassa housing estate – 32 900 m²
  3. Around the town hall – 4560 m²
  4. By Światowida street – 4600 m²
  1. Area of flowerbeds – 250 m²
  2. Area of rose-gardens – 177 m²
  1. Vistula river – 10 123 m
  2. Henrykowski canal – 9638 m
  3. Żerański canal – 9240 m
  4. Długa river + Markowski canal – 5450 m
  5. Bródnowski canal – 3600 m
  6. Dyke B – 3270 m
  7. Dyke A – 2640 m
  8. Jabłonna stream – 1838 m
  1. Ławice Kiełpińskie natural reserve – fauna natural reserve near the border of Warsaw, which function is to protect places where water-mud birds make nests. Area - 803 hectares.
  2. Łęgi Czarnej Strugi natural reserve – situated in the north-west part of Nieporęt gmina. Area - 39,53 hectares.
There are also many different-sized forests in Białołęka.

Monuments of Białołęka

The main route where all transport goes is Modlińska Street, which is a part of trunk road 61 to Gdańsk and Masuria; and the Toruńska route, part of trunk road 8 to Białystok. Płochocińska Street is also an important transport route as a fragment of the 633 voivodeship road to Nieporęt.
There are also plans of creating whole-city-long routes including Białołęka's routes:
A railroad to Działdowo goes through the district. There are three stops on the railroad, on which Koleje Mazowieckie passenger trains, going from Warszawa Gdańska and Warszawa Wola stations, going to Legionowo, Nasielsk, Ciechanów and Działdowo, stop.
In 2013, the first stage of a tram line extension brought the Warsaw tram network to Białołęka with line 2 connecting the area to the Młociny metro station.

Borders

Białołęka borders: