Okęcie () is the largest neighbourhood of the
Włochy district of
Warsaw, Poland
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.
It is the location of
Warsaw Chopin Airport and the
PZL Warszawa-Okęcie aircraft works, and home to the
Okęcie Warszawa professional
association football
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club.
In 1939–1951 the village was a seat of Okęcie
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
. 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.
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 Włochy
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