Bliżyn

Infobox Settlement
name = Bliżyn
settlement_type = Village
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Świętokrzyskie
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Skarżysko
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Bliżyn
latd = 51
latm = 6
lats = 32
latNS = N
longd = 20
longm = 45
longs = 24
longEW = E
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population_total = 2000
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Bliżyn Audio-IPA-pl|pl-Blizyn.ogg|'|b|l|i|ż|y|n is a village in Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bliżyn. It lies on the Kamienna river and Bliżyn Reservoir, approximately convert|12|km|mi|0 west of Skarżysko-Kamienna and convert|27|km|mi|0|abbr=on north of the regional capital Kielce.cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish] The village has a population of 2,000.

The village was first mentioned in 1410, when King Władysław Jagiełło spent a night there on his way to the battle of Grunwald. In 19th century Stanisław Staszic founded several minor manufactories and factories there, as part of his plan of creation of the "Old Polish Industrial Area". During the World War II the forests around Bliżyn were a mass murder site of Polish intelligentsia during the so-called AB Action. After the war the forests were made into the Suchedniów-Oblęgorek Landscape Park. There are also two forest nature reserves: Świnia Góra and Dalejów located south of Bliżyn in "Puszcza Świetokrzyska" (Holy Cross Forest). There are also ruins of the 19th century factories, a notable church and numerous remnants of the dinosaurs in the rocky areas around the village.

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