Bełchatów ( ) is a city in central Poland with a population of 55,583, as of December 2021. It is located in Łódź Voivodeship, 160 kilometres southwest of Warsaw.

Łódź Voivodeship is a voivodeship (province) of Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Łódź Voivodeship (1975–1999) and the Sieradz, Piotrków Trybunalski and Skierniewice Voivodeships and part of Płock Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province is named after its capital and largest city, Łódź, pronounced.