Piechcin

Infobox Settlement
name = Piechcin
settlement_type = Village
total_type =


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Żnin
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Barcin
latd = 52
latm = 49
lats = 13
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 2
longs = 23
longEW = E
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population_total = 3186
website = http://www.piechcin.pl/

Piechcin IPA-pl| [|'|p|j|e|h|ć|i|n|] (German "Handsdorf") is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Barcin, within Żnin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately convert|7|km|mi|0 south-east of Barcin, convert|24|km|mi|0|abbr=on east of Żnin, and convert|33|km|mi|0|abbr=on south of Bydgoszcz. The village has a population of 3,186.

A limestone quarry provides limestone to the Lafarge cement factory, which is also situated there. This quarry has been operational since 1860, and was acquired by the Lafarge Group in 1996.

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