Piekoszów | |
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Town | |
![]() Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Piekoszów | |
Coordinates: 50°52′54″N 20°27′42″E / 50.88167°N 20.46167°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Świętokrzyskie |
County | Kielce |
Gmina | Piekoszów |
Population | |
• Total | 3,200 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 26-065 |
Area code | +48 41 |
Vehicle registration | TKI |
Voivodeship roads | ![]() ![]() |
Website | http://www.piekoszow.pl |
Piekoszów [pjɛˈkɔʂuf] is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Piekoszów. It lies approximately 11 km (7 mi) west of the regional capital Kielce.[1]
History
[edit]Piekoszów was the former seat of the Odrowąż family.[2] In 1366, Piotr Odrowąż founded a parish church in Piekoszów.[2] It was administratively located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VIII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1887. p. 83.
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