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Wyry
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Wyry () () is a village in Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wyry. It lies approximately south of Mikołów and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

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Settlement.name
Wyry
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Wyry kosciol 2.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Sacred Heart church in Wyry
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Mikołów
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Wyry
Settlement.established_title2
First mentioned
Settlement.established_date2
1287
Settlement.pushpin_map
Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1

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Official name
Wyry
Population
4230
Image
Wyry kosciol 2.jpg
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Commons category
Wyry
postal code
43-175
male population
2067
female population
2163
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Wyry () () is a village in Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wyry. It lies approximately south of Mikołów and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

==History== The village was first mentioned in a 1287 document of Mieszko I, Duke of Cieszyn, when it was part of Piast-ruled fragmented Poland. Its name comes from an Old Polish word wir, meaning "spring".

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