Jawiszowice

Jawiszowice is a village in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It has a long history of coal mining that continues to this day. Jawiszowice is about 12 kilometres from the city of Oświęcim.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Jawiszowice
Settlement.image_skyline: Church in Jawiszowice 1.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Saint Martin Church
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lesser Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Oświęcim
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Brzeszcze
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1326
Settlement.population_as_of: 2006
Settlement.population_total: 6700
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Jawiszowice
Country: Poland
Located in: Gmina Brzeszcze
Population: 6628
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Image: Church in Jawiszowice 1.jpg

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postal code: 32-626
native label: Jawiszowice
Commons category: Jawiszowice
male population: 3276
female population: 3352

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== History == The village was first mentioned in 1326 in the register of Peter's Pence payment among Catholic parishes of Oświęcim deaconry of the Diocese of Kraków as Jan[w]issowicz.

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