Pieszyce

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Pieszyce
Coat of arms of Pieszyce
Coat of arms
Location of Pieszyce
Pieszyce (Poland)
Pieszyce
Pieszyce
Coordinates: 50°43′N 16°35′E / 50.717, 16.583
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Dzierżoniów
Gmina Pieszyce (urban gmina)
Area
 - Total 63.61 km² (24.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 9,490
 - Density 149.2/km² (386.4/sq mi)
Website: http://www.um.pieszyce.pl


Pieszyce [pjɛˈʂɨt​͡sɛ] (German: Peterswaldau) is a town in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.

It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Dzierżoniów, and 56 kilometres (35 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

As at 2006, the town has a population of 9,490.

Coordinates: 50°43′N 16°35′E / 50.717, 16.583