Jedwabne

Jedwabne
Saint Jacob Church
Coat of arms
Jedwabne
Coordinates: 53°17′12″N 22°18′08″E / 53.28667°N 22.30222°E / 53.28667; 22.30222
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Łomża
Gmina	Jedwabne
Area
• Total	11.47 km2 (4.43 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	1,901
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Postal code	18-420
Website	http://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.