Kozy

Kozy
Seiffersdorf, Zajwyśdiüf
Village
Kozy village
Kozy village
Coat of arms of Kozy
Kozy is located in Poland
Kozy
Kozy
Coordinates: 49°50′42″N 19°08′30″E / 49.84500°N 19.14167°E / 49.84500; 19.14167
CountryPoland
VoivodeshipSilesian
CountyBielsko County
GminaKozy
First mentioned1326
Area
26.9 km2 (10.4 sq mi)
Elevation
375 m (1,230 ft)
Population
13 024[1]
 • Density476/km2 (1,230/sq mi)
 2015
Websitehttp://kozy.vot.pl/

Kozy [ˈkɔzɨ] (German: Seiffersdorf, Seibersdorf, Kosy (1941–45); Wymysorys: Zajwyśdiüf)[2] is a large village with a population of 12,457 (2013) within Bielsko County, located in the historical and geographical south-west region of Lesser Poland, between Kęty and Bielsko-Biała, and about 65 kilometres south-west of Kraków and south of Katowice. It is the largest village in Poland (by comparison - the population of Opatowiec, the smallest town in Poland, is only 338). The village name translates to 'Goats' in English, and has an area of 26,9 km2.

Since 1 January 1999, following Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998, Kozy has been part of the newly established Silesian Voivodeship (province); between 1975 and 1998 it was formerly part of the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship. The village is well connected with the nearby city of Bielsko-Biała. It has a railway transport station, and lies on National Road No. 52. Kozy is the centre of the administrative district of Gmina Kozy.

  1. ^ "Gmina Kozy » mapy, nieruchomości, GUS, szkoły, kody pocztowe, wynagrodzenie, bezrobocie, zarobki, edukacja, tabele". www.polskawliczbach.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  2. ^ Wicherkiewicz, Tomasz (2003). The Making of a Language: The Case of the Idiom of Wilamowice, Southern Poland. Kraków: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 6–10. ISBN 9783110170993.