Skoczów
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Skoczów (pronounced , , ) is a town and the seat of Gmina Skoczów in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 14,385 inhabitants (2019). The town lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kiczyce
- Region
- województwo śląskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 14,810
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Skoczów
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Skoczów flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Skoczów COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Silesian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cieszyn
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Skoczów
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Rajmund Dedio
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 13th century (?)
- Settlement.established_title2
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1282 (?), 1327
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Skoczów
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Skoczów
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 13814
- Area
- 63.27
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Vistula
- Shares border with
- Wiślica, Silesian Voivodeship
- Official website
- www.um.skoczow.pl
- Image
- Ratusz w Skoczowie 2009-04-26.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Békéscsaba
- Commons category
- Skoczów
- Commons gallery
- Skoczów
- postal code
- 43-430
- native label
- Skoczów
- male population
- 6532
- female population
- 7282
- P12749
- Aceh Tamiang
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Gallery
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Skoczów (pronounced , , ) is a town and the seat of Gmina Skoczów in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 14,385 inhabitants (2019). The town lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
The name of the town is of possessive origin, derived from personal name Skocz.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skoczów” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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