Kępa, Opole Voivodeship

Village in Opole Voivodeship, Poland

50°43′N 17°57′E / 50.717°N 17.950°E / 50.717; 17.950Country

PolandVoivodeshipOpole VoivodeshipCountyOpole CountyGminaŁubnianyTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationOPO

Kępa [ˈkɛmpa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łubniany, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Łubniany and 6 km (4 mi) north of the regional capital Opole.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word kępa, meaning a small island on a river or lake.^[2]

Notable people

Wilhelm Józef Kurtz (1935–2023), Polish archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church

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. 31.