Smolec ' is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kąty Wrocławskie, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was Schmolz, Germany

Germany

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It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Kąty Wrocławskie, and 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village has an approximate population of 3,000.