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Jejkowice (German Jeykowitz, old name Jajkowice) is a village in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jejkowice. It lies approximately north-west of Rybnik and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

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Jejkowice
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Village
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ZSP Jejkowice Szkolna 6.jpg
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School in Jejkowice
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Country
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Poland
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Voivodeship
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Silesian
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County
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Rybnik County
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Gmina
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Jejkowice
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Poland
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right
Settlement.elevation_min_m
260
Settlement.elevation_max_m
280
Settlement.population_total
3540
Settlement.timezone
CET

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Jejkowice (German Jeykowitz, old name Jajkowice) is a village in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jejkowice. It lies approximately north-west of Rybnik and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

During World War II, a local Polish policeman was murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jejkowice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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