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Frącki, Opole Voivodeship

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See also: Frącki, Podlaskie Voivodeship Village in Opole Voivodeship, Poland
Frącki
Village
Wayside chapel in FrąckiWayside chapel in Frącki
Frącki is located in PolandFrąckiFrącki
Coordinates: 50°27′20″N 17°41′21″E / 50.45556°N 17.68917°E / 50.45556; 17.68917
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyPrudnik
GminaBiała
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationOPR

Frącki is a settlement, part of the village of Pogórze, in the administrative district of Gmina Biała, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Biała, 17 km (11 mi) north-east of Prudnik, and 30 km (19 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole. Historically located in Upper Silesia, in the Prudnik Land.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word wrona, which means "crow". Its old Polish forms were Wronza and Fronka.

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. pp. 64–65.
Gmina Biała
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