Kamionka k is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów

Gmina Ostrów

Gmina Ostrów is a rural gmina in Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Ostrów, which lies approximately west of Ropczyce and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County

Ropczyce-Sedziszów County

Ropczyce-Sędziszów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is...

, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...

, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Ostrów

Ostrów, Ropczyce-Sedziszów County

Ostrów is a village in Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Ostrów. It lies approximately west of Ropczyce and west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, 6 km (4 mi) north-east of Ropczyce

Ropczyce

Ropczyce is a town in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, situated in the Valley the Wielopolka River and is inhabited by 15,098 people . It is the seat of Ropczyce-Sędziszów County.-Geography:...

, and 27 km (17 mi) north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów

Rzeszów

Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...

. Kamionka lies on the Tuszymka river

Tuszymka

Tuszymka is a river in south-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Wisłoka river, with a length of . The source of the river is near the village of Bukowiec. The river runs near the village of Kamionka where there is a lake.-Towns and villages around Tuszymka:...

, a tributary of the Wisłoka river. In the past this area was known for iron

Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...

 smelting

Smelting

Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy; its main use is to produce a metal from its ore. This includes iron extraction from iron ore, and copper extraction and other base metals from their ores...

 and a furnace was located in the village. Iron ore was brought in from the neighbouring village of Ruda

Ruda, Ropczyce-Sedziszów County

Ruda is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sędziszów Małopolski, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Sędziszów Małopolski, north-east of Ropczyce, and north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów. Ruda...

, where it was mined

Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...

. Today Kamionka is known for the pictureque lake which is located there, on the Wisłoka river, surrounded by pine forest. A popular area for camping

Camping

Camping is an outdoor recreational activity. The participants leave urban areas, their home region, or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or several nights outdoors, usually at a campsite. Camping may involve the use of a tent, caravan, motorhome, cabin, a primitive structure, or no...

 and water sports.