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Drobin
Drobin
	Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Stanislaus church in Drobin
	Coat of arms
	Drobin
	Coordinates: 52°44′27″N 19°59′21″E / 52.74083°N 19.98917°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Płock
Gmina	Drobin
First mentioned	12th century
Town rights	1511-1869, 1994
Government
• Mayor	Krzysztof Wielec (PSL)
Area
• Total	9.64 km2 (3.72 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2021)
• Total	2,778
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	09-210
Area code	+48 24
Car plates	WPL
Website	https://www.drobin.pl

Drobin [ˈdrɔbʲin] is a town in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,778 inhabitants as of December 2021.^[1]

History

The settlement was first mentioned in the 12th century, when it was part of Piast-ruled Poland. It was granted town rights in 1511 under the Jagiellonian dynasty. It was a private town of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Płock Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.

In 1869 Drobin lost its town status.^[2] It was regained in 1994.

A battle was fought nearby on August 15, 1920, during the Polish-Soviet War.^[3]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans renamed the town Reichenfeld to erase traces of Polish origin, and operated a forced labour camp there.^[4]

The local football team is Skra Drobin.^[5] It competes in the lower leagues.

^ ^a ^b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-08-01. Data for territorial unit 1419054.
^ "Prawa miejskie". drobin.pl (in Polish). Official website of Drobin. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
^ Kowalski, Andrzej (1995). "Miejsca pamięci związane z Bitwą Warszawską 1920 r.". Niepodległość i Pamięć (in Polish) (2/2 (3)). Muzeum Niepodległości w Warszawie: 129. ISSN 1427-1443.
^ "Arbeitserziehungslager Reichenfeld". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ "skradrobin.eu" (in Polish). Retrieved 2 April 2021.