Skoroszyce
Encyclopedia
Skoroszyce s is a village
in Nysa County
, Opole Voivodeship
, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
(administrative district) called Gmina Skoroszyce
. It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Nysa
and 40 km (25 mi) west of the regional capital Opole
.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II
).
The village has a population of 1,400.
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 Nysa County
Nysa County
Nysa County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. 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 Nysa,...
, Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...
, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
Gmina
The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...
(administrative district) called Gmina Skoroszyce
Gmina Skoroszyce
Gmina Skoroszyce is a rural gmina in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Skoroszyce, which lies approximately north of Nysa and west of the regional capital Opole....
. It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Nysa
Nysa, Poland
Nysa is a town in southwestern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river with 47,545 inhabitants , situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nysa County. It comprises the urban portion of the surrounding Gmina Nysa, a mixed urban-rural commune with a total population of 60,123 inhabitants...
and 40 km (25 mi) west of the regional capital Opole
Opole
Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 125,992 and is the capital of the Upper Silesia, Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County...
.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II
Territorial changes of Poland after World War II
The territorial changes of Poland after World War II were very extensive. In 1945, following the Second World War, Poland's borders were redrawn following the decisions made at the Potsdam Conference of 1945 at the insistence of the Soviet Union...
).
The village has a population of 1,400.