Sobota, Łódź Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Sobota.

Sobota
Village
Saints Peter and Paul church in Sobota
Coat of arms
Sobota
Coordinates: 52°6′58″N 19°41′13″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Łowicz
Gmina	Bielawy
Population
• Total	560
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ELC

Sobota [sɔˈbɔta] (lit. "Saturday") is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bielawy, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Bielawy, 17 km (11 mi) west of Łowicz, and 40 km (25 mi) north of the regional capital Łódź. It is located in Łęczyca Land.

History

It was a private church town, administratively located in the Orłów County in the Łęczyca Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.^[2]

Sobota was the site of the Battle of Sobota (1655), when a Polish force failed to head off the advancing Swedish invading army.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1998. p. 3.