Filipów, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Filipów, is a village in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Filipów. It lies approximately north-west of Suwałki and north of the regional capital Białystok. In 2006 the village has a population of 1,814.
Formerly a town, Filipów had a city rights from 1570 to 1870, when, as many other former towns in Poland, it lost this status after the January Uprising.
It was a site of Battle of Filipów in 1656.
