Magnuszew

Magnuszew
Magnuszew
Town
	Saint John the Baptist church in Magnuszew
	Coat of arms
	Magnuszew
	Coordinates: 51°45′N 21°23′E / 51.750°N 21.383°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Kozienice
Gmina	Magnuszew
Town rights	1373
Population
• Total	800
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	WKZ

Magnuszew [maɡˈnuʂɛf] is a town in Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Magnuszew.^[1] It located near the Vistula river and lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) north-west of Kozienice and 59 km (37 mi) south-east of Warsaw.

In 2012 it had a population of 800 (2012).

It was the site of a major battle in August 1944 during World War II, when the Soviet army established a strategic bridgehead in its vicinity, on the west bank of the Vistula.