Wilamowice

Wilamowice
Wymysoü (Wymysorys)
View of the town from afar
View of the town from afar
Coat of arms of Wilamowice
Wilamowice is located in Poland
Wilamowice
Wilamowice
Coordinates: 49°54′59″N 19°9′7″E / 49.91639°N 19.15194°E / 49.91639; 19.15194
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
CountyBielsko
GminaWilamowice
Area
 • Total10.41 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30[1])
 • Total3,100
 • Density300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Postal code
43-330
Websitehttps://gmina.wilamowice.pl/

Wilamowice (Polish: [vilamɔˈvit͡sɛ]; earlier Willamowice; German: Wilmesau; Wymysorys: Wymysoü [ˈvɨmɨsɔy̯]) is a rural town in southern Poland, situated in the Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town is inhabited by a Germanic ethnic group of Vilamovians, who speak the highly endangered Wymysorys language.[2]

  1. ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. ^ Wicherkiewicz, Tomasz (2003). The Making of a Language: The Case of the Idiom of Wilamowice, Southern Poland. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 1–2, 5–15, 11–12. ISBN 9783110170993.