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Stara Kamienica

Coordinates: 50°55′04″N 15°33′49″E / 50.91778°N 15.56361°E / 50.91778; 15.56361
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Stara Kamienica
Village
Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Stara Kamienica is located in Poland
Stara Kamienica
Stara Kamienica
Coordinates: 50°55′04″N 15°33′49″E / 50.91778°N 15.56361°E / 50.91778; 15.56361
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
CountyKarkonosze
GminaStara Kamienica
Population
 • Total1,200
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationDJE

Stara Kamienica [ˈstara kamjɛˈnit͡sa] is a village in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Stara Kamienica.

It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of Jelenia Góra, and 106 kilometres (66 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and is derived from the word kamień, which means "stone".[2]

There is a railway station in the village.

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 128.