Sokołowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Village in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

51°15′N 17°27′E / 51.250°N 17.450°E / 51.250; 17.450Country

PolandVoivodeshipLower SilesianCountyOleśnicaGminaGmina OleśnicaPopulation

950Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Post Code

56-400

Area code(+48) 71Vehicle registrationDOLHighways

National roads

Sokołowice [sɔkɔwɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleśnica, within Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Oleśnica and 32 km (20 mi) north-east of the regional capital Wrocław.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word sokół, which means "falcon".^[2]

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 65.