Siechnice
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Siechnice (, , ) is a town in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) of Gmina Siechnice. It gained town status in 1997, and as of 2019 has a population of 8,113. Siechnice is part of the Wrocław metropolitan area. Previously the district was called Gmina Święta Katarzyna, and Siechnice was the only town in Poland which neither gave its name to the gmina in which it lay nor served as its administrative seat.
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- Locality
- Siechnice
- Region
- województwo dolnośląskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 4,264
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Siechnice
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Siechnice. Ul. Jana Pawaa II, po prawej Urząd Miasta. Foto 04.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Siechnice flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Siechnice COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Wrocław
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Siechnice
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1997
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 15.63
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2019-06-30
- Settlement.population_total
- 8113
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Siechnice
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Siechnice
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 9957
- Area
- 15.53
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Gmina Siechnice
- Official website
- siechnice.com.pl
- Image
- Siechnice, Gminne Gimnazjum im. Księżnej Anny z Przemyślidów - fotopolska.eu (127772).jpg
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- Commons category
- Siechnice
- native label
- Tschechnitz
- P8168
- Philipp of Bavaria
- P6482
- Siechnice
- male population
- 4776
- female population
- 5181
- P12749
- Lambert of Ardres
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Siechnice (, , ) is a town in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) of Gmina Siechnice. It gained town status in 1997, and as of 2019 has a population of 8,113. Siechnice is part of the Wrocław metropolitan area. Previously the district was called Gmina Święta Katarzyna, and Siechnice was the only town in Poland which neither gave its name to the gmina in which it lay nor served as its administrative seat.
The Czechnica power plant, a part of the Wrocław power supply system, is located in Siechnice.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siechnice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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