Ornontowice
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Ornontowice o is a village
in Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship
, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
(administrative district) called Gmina Ornontowice
. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Mikołów and 19 km (12 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice
.
The village has a population of 5,556.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...
, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
Gmina
The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...
(administrative district) called Gmina Ornontowice
Gmina Ornontowice
Gmina Ornontowice is a rural gmina in Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Ornontowice, which lies approximately west of Mikołów and south-west of the regional capital Katowice....
. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Mikołów and 19 km (12 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
.
The village has a population of 5,556.