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Sośnicowice () (German: '''''' ) is a town in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,919 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Gmina Sośnicowice, which has been officially bilingual in Polish and German since 2013.

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Place details

Locality
Sośnicowice
Region
województwo śląskie
Country
Polska
Population
1,691
Timezone
Europe/Warsaw

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name
Sośnicowice
Settlement.native_name
,
Settlement.image_skyline
Sosnicowice 2022 (2).jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Central square
Settlement.image_shield
POL Sośnicowice COA.svg
Settlement.image_flag
POL Sośnicowice flag.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
top
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Gliwice
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Sośnicowice
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Leszek Kołodziej
Settlement.established_title
First mentioned

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
city
Named after
Pinus
Country
Poland
Continent
Europe
Population
1940
Area
11.68
Elevation
250
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Official website
www.sosnicowice.pl
Image
Sośnicowice, Rynek, widok od pd-wsch..JPG
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Commons category
Sośnicowice
Commons gallery
Sośnicowice
postal code
44-153
native label
Kieferstädtel
male population
839
female population
1101
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Sights
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • References
  • External links

Sośnicowice () (German: '''' ) is a town in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,919 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Gmina Sośnicowice, which has been officially bilingual in Polish and German since 2013.

== Geography == Sośnicowice is located in Upper Silesia on the Kłodnica and Bierawka rivers on the western edge of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, about southwest of the center of Gliwice.

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

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