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Janikowo

Coordinates: 52°45′N 18°06′E / 52.750°N 18.100°E / 52.750; 18.100
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Janikowo
John the Baptist Church
Coat of arms of Janikowo
Janikowo is located in Poland
Janikowo
Janikowo
Coordinates: 52°45′N 18°06′E / 52.750°N 18.100°E / 52.750; 18.100
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyInowrocław
GminaJanikowo
Area
 • Total
9.51 km2 (3.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
5,111
 • Density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Postal code
88-160
Websitewww.janikowo.com.pl

Janikowo [jaɲiˈkɔvɔ] (German: Amsee) is a town located in Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 8136 (2024). Area of 10 km2. It is a first town in Poland that was adopted as a whole to unrestricted movement of disabled people to access all public places and be able to move all over the town with no obstacles. It used to have a well working sugar factory built in 1875 that has been forced to shut down in 2005 due to EU policies. There is a big Sodium Factory established in 1957 (at that time biggest in a whole Europe) which led to creation of an urban settlement that was made in to a town in 1962.

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