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Poland is bordered by seven countries: Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Russia. The Baltic Sea is also a neighbor of Poland. See the map, history and details of the borders.
Learn about the area, climate, terrain, rivers, lakes, mountains and coastline of Poland, a country in Central Europe. Poland has a total area of 312,696 km2 (120,733 sq mi), of which 98.52% is land and 1.48% is water.
Learn about the history and geography of Poland, a Central European country bordered by Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and the Baltic Sea. See how Poland's territory changed over time, from the 10th century to the present day.
Poland is a Central European country with a rich and diverse history, from the medieval Kingdom of Poland to the modern EU member state. Learn about its geography, climate, population, economy, politics, and culture on Wikipedia.
The Suwałki Gap, also known as the Suwałki corridor [a] [b] ([suˈvawkʲi] ⓘ), is a sparsely populated area around the border between Lithuania and Poland, and centres on the shortest path between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast on the Polish side of the border.
The Poland–Russia borders were confirmed in a Polish-Russian treaty of 1992 (ratified in 1993). [10] The Poland–Russia border is 232 km long between Poland and Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, which is an exclave, unconnected to the rest of Russia due to the Lithuania–Russia border. [12]
On 28 May 2024, A Polish soldier was injured after being stabbed along the Poland-Belarus border by a migrant trying to enter the country illegally during a patrol in Podlaskie Voivodeship. [27] He later died of his injuries on 6 June. [28] On 29 May 2024, Two Polish border guards were injured in an attack by migrants along the Poland-Belarus ...
Disused Poland–Slovakia border crossing near Barwinek, Poland on European route E371. Photo taken in April 2008, after Poland and Slovakia joined the Schengen Area . The first ever Poland-Slovakia border was established on March 14, 1939, when the Slovak Republic was created.