Kęty is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Oświęcim County
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Oświęcim County ( pl, powiat oświęcimski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local g ...
,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
with 18,955 inhabitants (2012).
The town located in
Silesian Foothills
Silesian Foothills ( pl, Pogórze Śląskie, cs, Slezské podhůří, szl, Pogōrze Ślōnske) are foothills located in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
It has an area of 545 km2. Its western border is Olza river, eastern Skawa. Other main r ...
dates its earliest document from 1277 when Polish prince of Opole
Władysław confirmed sale of the settlement and adoption of Lviv city rights. The town's name comes from the word ''kąt'' (Polish for corner). The greatest development of the town came under the rule of Jagiellons, when the town became royal property.
The son of the mayor of the town of Kenty, Stanislaus Bacenga and his wife Anna became the
Saint John Cantius
John Cantius ( la, Joannes Cantius; pl, Jan z Kęt or ; 23 June 1390 – 24 December 1473) was a Polish priest, scholastic philosopher, physicist and theologian.
Biography
John Cantius was born in Kęty, a small town near Oświęcim, Polan ...
, also known as John (Johann) of Kraków.
Education
* Publiczne Przedszkole Sióstr Zmartwychwstanek im. bł. Matki Celiny Borzęckiej
* Zespół Szkolno-Gimnazjalny Nr 1 w Kętach
* Zespół Szkolno-Gimnazjalny Nr 2 w Kętach
* Zespół Szkół Podstawowo-Gimnazjalnych nr 3 w Kętach-Podlesiu im. Bohaterów Westerplatte
* Powiatowy Zespół nr 9 Szkół im. Marii Dąbrowskiej w Kętach
* Powiatowy Zespół nr 10 Szkół Mechaniczno-Elektrycznych im. M. Kopernika
* Powiatowy Zespół nr 11 Szkół Ogólnokształcących im. St. Wyspiańskiego
* Centrum Kształcenia Dorosłych w Kętach
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Kęty is
Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with:
*
Turzovka
Turzovka ( hu, Turzófalva) is a town in the Čadca District, Žilina Region in north-western Slovakia.
History
The present-day town was established in 1598 by a palatine of the Thurzó family. It gained town status in 1968.
This town became ...
Uchwała Nr XII/100/2003 Rady Miejskiej w Kętach z dnia 31 października 2003 r. w sprawie zawarcia umowy o Wzajemnej Współpracy między Gminą Kęty a miastem Turzovka.
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References
External links
Official town webpage
Jewish Community in Kęty
on Virtual Shtetl
Cities and towns in Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Oświęcim County
Lesser Poland
Kraków Voivodeship (14th century – 1795)
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Kraków Voivodeship (1919–1939)
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