Ciechanów
Ciechanów is a town situated in central Poland at the crossroads of major transportation routes: main railway line connecting Warsaw with the Baltic Coast (Tri-city: Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot) and domestic road E-60 leading from Western Europe to Baltic States - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Belarus. Ciechanów covers the area of 32.51 sq km and has a population of nearly 50,000.
Ciechanów lies in the valley of Łydynia river, the left tributary of Wkra, in a region commonly known as the Green Lungs of Poland. The valley is a unique habitat of wildlife and plant species in Poland and an area of special scenic value.
The region's convenient geographic location and its typical agricultural profile made Ciechanów an important centre of the processing industry, mainly farming, food processing and machine production.
 Ciechanów has a variety of sports and recreational facilities, including two sports and spectator halls, an indoor swimming pool, an outdoor swimming pool, a bathing area with a beach in the vicinity of a picturesque forest, tennis courts.
Ciechanów's greatest historical attraction is a partially reconstructed, monumental 14th century Mazovian Princes' Castle, one of the most captivating examples of Gothic lowland fortified structures in Poland. The municipal authorities are seated in the City Hall - a 19th century neo-Gothic building designed by Henryk Marconi.
In 2002, Ciechanów received a Certificate of Sustained Development from the Council of European Municipalities and Regions, as well as the "Ecology Nobel Prize" of sustainable development in the Stockholm Partnership contest.
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