Sokolec s 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 Nowa Ruda

Gmina Nowa Ruda

Gmina Nowa Ruda is a rural gmina in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Ruda, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, within Kłodzko 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 in Germany

Germany

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It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Nowa Ruda

Nowa Ruda

Nowa Ruda is a town in south-western Poland near the Czech border, lying on the Włodzica river in the central Sudetes mountains. As of 2007 it has 25,240 inhabitants. The town is located in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship...

, 28 kilometres (17 mi) north-west of Kłodzko, and 66 kilometres (41 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village has a population of 230.