Sochocin

Sochocin [sɔˈxɔt͡ɕin] is a town in Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in central Poland.

[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Płońsk and 64 km (40 mi) north-west of Warsaw.

[2] During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1941, the German gendermerie expelled the entire Polish population of the settlement, which was then enslaved as forced labour in the county and region, while the houses and farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.

[3] The local football club is Wkra Sochocin.

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