| Popowice | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Łódź |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wieluń |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Pątnów |
| Coordinates: | 51.15°N 52°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 500 |
| Registration Plate: | EWI |
Popowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pątnów, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 4km (02miles) west of Pątnów, 90NaN0 south of Wieluń, and 940NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Łódź.[1]
The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century. The All Saints church was built in the early 16th century, and was part of the Catholic parish in nearby Kadłub.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in Łódź, and then young Poles were deported to forced labour in Germany and German-occupied France, and others were deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland.[3] Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4]