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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Piątnica Poduchowna
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Piątnica, Łomża - widok z hotelu Gromada.JPG
| image_caption = View of Piątnica from [[Łomża]]
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Podlaskie Voivodeship|Podlaskie]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Łomża County|Łomża]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Piątnica|Piątnica]]
| coordinates = {{coord|53|11|43|N|22|5|43|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 1800 ( 2006 )
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = BLM
| website =
}}
'''Piątnica Poduchowna''' ({{IPA|pl|pjɔntˈɲitsa}}; until 1999 ''Piątnica Poduchowna'') is a [[village]] in [[Łomża County]], [[Podlaskie Voivodeship]], in north-eastern Poland.<ref name="TERYT">{{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=pl}}</ref> It is the seat of [[gmina]] (administrative district) called [[Gmina Piątnica]]. It lies approximately {{convert|4|km|mi|0}} north of [[Łomża]] and {{convert|73|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of the regional capital [[Białystok]].
==History==
[[File:PL Lomża piatnica fort.jpg|thumb|left|Russian imperial fort in Piątnica, part of [[List of Imperial Russian Army formations and units 1914|1914 Łomża Fortress]] in the [[Russian Partition]]]]
Piątnica was founded by Janusz from Zaborowo who built the first church there (1407). The village has also a Neo-Gothic church (1931), which was destroyed during the Second World War and reconstructed after that. There are also Russian forts from the 19th century and from the [[First World War]] in its vicinity. During World War II, the forts played a crucial role during the [[Battle of Łomża (1939)|Battle of Łomża]].
==Economy==
One of Poland's largest dairy cooperatives is based in Piątnica.
==References==
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{{commons category-inline|Piątnica (powiat łomżyński)|Piątnica}}
{{Gmina Piątnica}}
[[Category:Villages in Łomża County]]
[[Category:Populated riverside places in Poland]]
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