Iwkowa | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Brzesko |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Iwkowa |
Coordinates: | 49.8167°N 54°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 2699 |
Iwkowa is a village in Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Iwkowa. It lies approximately 18km (11miles) south of Brzesko and 530NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]
The integral areas of the village are: Góry, Kąciny, Kozieniec, Nadole, Nagórze, Pagórek, Piekarzowo, Sołtysie, Zagrod.[2]
The settlement in the territory of the present village Iwkowa dates back to the Neolithic period, i.e., the Stone Age (c. 4000–1700 years BCE), when the first agricultural population appeared leading a sedentary life.[3]