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]