Kęty is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Oświęcim County __NOTOC__ Oświęcim County () 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 government reforms passed in ...

Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). Its capital and largest city is Kraków. The province's name recalls the traditional name of a h ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

with 18,955 inhabitants (2012). The town located in

Silesian Foothills Silesian Foothills (, , ) are foothills located in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It has an area of 545 km2. Its western border is Olza river, eastern Skawa. Other main rivers that cut the foothills are from west to east: Vistula, Biała ...

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 In Christianity, Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of sanctification in Christianity, holiness, imitation of God, likeness, or closeness to God in Christianity, God. However, the use of the ...

John Cantius, 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 () 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 well known by the ...

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 * https://iajgscemetery.org/eastern-europe/poland/kety Cities and towns in Lesser Poland Voivodeship Oświęcim County Holocaust locations in Poland {{LesserPoland-geo-stub