Piekoszów
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Piekoszów
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = JKRUK 20110731 PIEKOSZOW KOSCIOL IMG 8396.jpg
| image_caption = Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Piekoszów
| image_shield = POL gmina Piekoszów COA.gif
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Świętokrzyskie
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Kielce
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Piekoszów
| coordinates = {{coord|50|52|54|N|20|27|42|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 3200
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 26-065
| area_code = +48 41
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = TKI
| blank_name_sec2 = Voivodeship roads
| website = http://www.piekoszow.pl
}}
Piekoszów {{IPAc-pl|p|j|e|'|k|o|sz|u|f}} is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Piekoszów. It lies approximately {{convert|11|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of the regional capital Kielce.{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=pl}}
History
Piekoszów was the former seat of the Odrowąż family.{{cite book|author=|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VIII|year=1887|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=83}} In 1366, Piotr Odrowąż founded a parish church in Piekoszów. It was administratively located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.
According to the 1921 census, the population was 94.4% Polish and 5.6% Jewish.{{cite book|author=|title=Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom III|year=1925|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=39}}
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany.
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References
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Category:Cities and towns in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
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