Owczary o is a village

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 the administrative district of Gmina Górzyca

Gmina Górzyca

Gmina Górzyca is a rural gmina in Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, on the German border. Its seat is the village of Górzyca, which lies approximately north of Słubice and south-west of Gorzów Wielkopolski....

, within Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship

Lubusz Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties : 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas....

, in western Poland, close to the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 border. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Górzyca

Górzyca, Lubusz Voivodeship

Górzyca is a village on the Oder river in Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, close to the German border at Reitwein. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Górzyca...

, 14 km (9 mi) north of Słubice, and 52 km (32 mi) south-west of Gorzów Wielkopolski

Gorzów Wielkopolski

Gorzów Wielkopolski is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the biggest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 125,149 inhabitants...

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Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II

Territorial changes of Poland after World War II

The territorial changes of Poland after World War II were very extensive. In 1945, following the Second World War, Poland's borders were redrawn following the decisions made at the Potsdam Conference of 1945 at the insistence of the Soviet Union...

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The village has a population of 130.