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 town, 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 Maria Michał Kowalski (1871–1942), Polish religious leader, founder of the Catholic Mariavite Church
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