Komornica Explained

Komornica
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Masovian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Legionowo
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Wieliszew
Coordinates:52.4667°N 75°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:168
Population Footnotes:(approx.)

Komornica is a Polish village which gave its name to the Komornica culture, due to the nearby archaeological sites of this culture from the Mesolithic period of Northern Europe.

Komornica is in the gmina (a Polish administrative division similar to a commune or municipality) of Gmina Wieliszew, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, towards the east of central Poland.[1]

The postal code of Komornica is .[2] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) northwest of Wieliszew (the seat of the gmina of the same name), 80NaN0 north of Legionowo (the seat of the county), and 290NaN0 north of Warsaw (the capital of Poland).

From 1975 to 1998, the village was part of the Warsaw Voivodeship.

Komornica culture

The oldest traces of settlements (e.g. flint tools) in the territory of the Wieliszew commune were discovered at numerous archaeological sites near the village of Komornica, dating as far back as 8000 BC. Named the Komornica culture, the traces of this Mesolithic archaeological culture have been found in parts of Poland, Germany, Denmark, and southern Sweden.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. http://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf?84cd58 Liste des codes postaux de la Pologne