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Wronin
Village
Wronin is located in PolandWroninWronin
Coordinates: 50°11′N 18°5′E / 50.183°N 18.083°E / 50.183; 18.083
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyKędzierzyn-Koźle
GminaPolska Cerekiew
Population347
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationOK
Voivodeship roads

Wronin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Polska Cerekiew, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Polska Cerekiew, 21 km (13 mi) south-west of Kędzierzyn-Koźle, and 55 km (34 mi) south of the regional capital Opole.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word wrona, which means "crow". In documents from 1294 and 1532 it was also mentioned under its Old Polish name Wronów.

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.
  3. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV (in Polish). Warsaw. 1895. p. 52.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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