Siechnice

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Siechnice

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Siechnice

Coordinates: 51°2′12″N 17°9′9″E / 51.03667, 17.1525

Country

Poland

Area

- Total

15.63 km² (6 sq mi)

Population (2006)

- Total

3,851

- Density

246.4/km² (638.1/sq mi)

Website: http://siechnice.com.pl/

Siechnice [ɕɛxˈnit͡sɛ] (formerly German: Tschechnitz, but renamed Kraftborn in the Nazi era) is a town in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It gained town status in 1997, and as of 2006 has a population of 3,851.

Siechnice lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of the regional capital Wrocław, within the the gmina (administrative district) of Gmina Święta Katarzyna. It is the only town in Poland which neither gives its name to the gmina in which it lies nor serves as its administrative seat.

v • d • e Gmina Święta Katarzyna

Town: Siechnice Administrative seat: Święta Katarzyna Villages: Biestrzyków • Blizanowice • Bogusławice • Durok • Groblice • Grodziszów • Iwiny • Kotowice • Łukaszowice • Mokry Dwór • Ozorzyce • Radomierzyce • Radwanice • Smardzów • Sulęcin • Sulimów • Szostakowice • Trestno • Zacharzyce • Zębice • Żerniki Wrocławskie