Iłownica, Silesian Voivodeship

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Iłownica
Village
Church in Iłownica

Coat of arms
Iłownica
Coordinates: 49°52′13.44″N 18°51′25.45″E / 49.8704000°N 18.8570694°E / 49.8704000; 18.8570694
Country Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Bielsko
Gmina Jasienica
First mentioned 1305
Government
  Mayor Franciszek Marekwica
Area 7.775 km2 (3.002 sq mi)
Population (2009) 1,031
  Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 43-394
Car plates SBI

Iłownica [iwɔvˈnit͡sa] (German: Illownitz) is a village in Gmina Jasienica, Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.[1] It has a population of 1,031 (2009). It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, on the Iłownica River.

The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as Gylownita.[2] It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, formed in 1290.

Footnotes

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. 
  2. Panic, Idzi (2010). Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528) [Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528)] (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 297. ISBN 978-83-926929-3-5. 

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