Kamienica, Opole Voivodeship Explained

Kamienica
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Poland
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Opole
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Nysa
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Paczków
Coordinates:50.45°N 73°W
Pushpin Map:Poland#Opole Voivodeship
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:1300
Population Footnotes:(approx.)
Registration Plate:ONY

Kamienica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Paczków, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) west of Paczków, 280NaN0 west of Nysa, and 740NaN0 west of the regional capital Opole.

The village was mentioned under its Latinized Old Polish name Cameniza in a document of 1284, when it part of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland.[2] The name is of Polish origin and is derived from the word kamień, which means "stone".[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  2. Book: Damrot, Konstanty. 1896. Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde. de. Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. 128.