Oksa
Sign in to saveOksa is a village in Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Oksa. It lies approximately north-west of Jędrzejów and south-west of the regional capital Kielce.
Key facts
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- Oksa
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- Village
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- Church of Immaculate Conception and Saint Nicholas
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- Country
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- Voivodeship
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- Świętokrzyskie
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- County
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- Jędrzejów
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- Gmina
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- Oksa
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- Poland
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- 890
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- (approx.)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Oksa Parish Church
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Oksa is a village in Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Oksa. It lies approximately north-west of Jędrzejów and south-west of the regional capital Kielce.
Oksa, which in the past was spelled Oxa and Oksza, used to be a town from 1554 to 1867. It was founded by one of the most famous Polish poets, Mikolaj Rej, and the name of the town comes from Oksza – the coat of arms of the Rej family (in the Old Polish language, the word oksza meant axe). The name Oksa has been in use since app. late-19th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oksa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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