Latowicz is a town in Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Latowicz.
The town has a population of 1,429.
History
The parish church in Latowicz was founded in 1400.
Town rights were granted in 1423 by Duke Janusz I the Old.
[ It was a royal city, administratively located in the Garwolin County in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.]
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Latowicz was occupied by Germany until 1944.
Notable people
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Maria Michał Kowalski (1871–1942), Polish religious leader, founder of the Catholic Mariavite Church