Jawczyce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

{{see also|Jawczyce, Masovian Voivodeship}}

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| name = Jawczyce

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| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Lesser Poland

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Wieliczka

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Biskupice

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Jawczyce {{IPAc-pl|j|a|f|'|cz|y|c|e}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupice, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|4|km|mi|0}} south-east of Trąbki (the gmina seat), {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of Wieliczka, and {{convert|22|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of the regional capital Kraków.

Mounds at Jawczyce were described by Bishop Nankerus in 1322. Kurgan mounds dated to the Neolithic or Bronze Age included a burial of an elderly person, probably male. Some weapons and pottery fragments were also found in the tomb.{{cite web |url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=20079&map=1 |title=Jawczyce Barrow Cemetery |website=megalithic.co.uk |date=7 August 2008 |accessdate=2 January 2017}}{{citation | publisher = Odyssei | url = http://www.odyssei.com/pl/travel-tips/19625.html | title = Kurhany w Jawczycach | language = Polish | accessdate = 2 January 2017 | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175938/http://www.odyssei.com/pl/travel-tips/19625.html | url-status = dead }}

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{{Gmina Biskupice}}

Category:Villages in Wieliczka County

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