Pieszyce

Also known as Peterswaldau

Pieszyce () is a town in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) Gmina Pieszyce.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Pieszyce
Settlement.image_skyline: Panorama Pieszyc.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Panorama of Pieszyce with the church of St. Anthony
Settlement.image_shield: POL Pieszyce COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland#Poland Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Dzierżoniów
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Pieszyce
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Dorota Konieczna-Enözel
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 13th century
Settlement.established_title2: Town rights
Settlement.established_date2: 1962

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Wikidata facts

Population: 6959
Area: 63.61
Elevation: 260
Official website: www.pieszyce.pl
Image: Pieszyce kosciol sw. Antoniego.jpg

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native label: Peterswaldau
Commons category: Pieszyce
Commons gallery: Pieszyce
P6482: Pieszyce
male population: 3309
female population: 3650

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Pieszyce () is a town in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) Gmina Pieszyce.

==Geography== It is situated in the historic Lower Silesia region on the northern slopes of the Owl Mountains, approximately southwest of Dzierżoniów, and southwest of the regional capital Wrocław.