Okęcie () is the largest neighbourhood of the
Włochy
Włochy () is one of the districts of Warsaw, located in the south-western part of city. Włochy borders districts Bemowo and Wola from the north, Ochota and Mokotów from the east, and Ursus and Ursynów from the south.
History
It is not k ...
district of
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-cen ...
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It is the location of
Warsaw Chopin Airport
Warsaw Chopin Airport ( pl, Lotnisko Chopina w Warszawie, ) is an international airport in the Włochy district of Warsaw, Poland. It is Poland's busiest airport with 18.9 million passengers in 2019, thus handling approximately 40% of t ...
and the
PZL Warszawa-Okęcie aircraft works, and home to the
Okęcie Warszawa professional
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
club.
In 1939-1951 the village was a seat of Okęcie
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
. Since 1951 it has been a part of Warsaw.
Name
Okęcie owes its name to its location in the corner of the Rakov estate. In 16th century, the owners of the village started to use a different surname: Okęccy of
Radwan coat of arms
Radwan () is a Polish knights' clan (''ród'') and a Polish coat of arms used by the '' szlachta'' (noble families within the clan).
Blazon
Gules: a Gonfanon or surmounted by a Maltese Cross of the last. Crest – on a crowned helmet – thr ...
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Religious communities
*Roman Catholic Church:
**Parish of St. Francis of Assisi in Okęcie
*Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church:
**Field Cathedral of St. George the Victorious
*Jehovah's Witnesses:
**Church and the hall of the kingdom.
Links
okecie.netOśrodek Sportu i RekreacjiZespole Szkół im. Bohaterów Narwiku
Neighbourhoods of Warsaw
Włochy
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