Gorzkowice

Gorzkowice is a village in Piotrków County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gorzkowice. It lies approximately south of Piotrków Trybunalski and south of the regional capital Łódź. It is located in the Sieradz Land.

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Settlement.name: Gorzkowice
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Gorzkowice 2020 (2).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Rynek (Market Square) in Gorzkowice
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Łódź
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Piotrków
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Gorzkowice
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2
Settlement.population_total: 3310

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Official name: Gorzkowice
Population: 3267
Area: 102.17
Official website: www.gorzkowice.pl
Image: Pol Gorzkowice castle.jpg

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Commons category: Gorzkowice
postal code: 97-350
male population: 1580
female population: 1687

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==History== thumb|left|upright|Sacred Heart church The oldest known mention of the village comes from 1335. The name comes from an Old Polish male name Gorzek. It was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Piotrków County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.