Jedwabne

Jedwabne
Saint Jacob Church
Saint Jacob Church
Coat of arms of Jedwabne
Jedwabne is located in Poland
Jedwabne
Jedwabne
Coordinates: 53°17′12″N 22°18′08″E / 53.28667°N 22.30222°E / 53.28667; 22.30222
Country Poland
Voivodeship Podlaskie
CountyŁomża
GminaJedwabne
Area
 • Total11.47 km2 (4.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total1,901
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Postal code
18-420
Websitehttp://www.jedwabne.pl/

Jedwabne (pronounced [jed'vabne]; Yiddish: יעדוואבנע, Yedvabna) is a town in northeast Poland, in Łomża County of Podlaskie Voivodeship, with 1,942 inhabitants (2002). It is notable for the Jedwabne pogrom of 10 July 1941, during the World War II German occupation of Poland.