Jeżowa

Jeżowa
Village
Jeżowa
Coordinates: 50°46′N 18°34′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Lubliniec
Gmina	Ciasna
Elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Population	550
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SLU
Website	http://koscioljezowa.ugu.pl/

Jeżowa [jɛˈʐɔva] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ciasna, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Ciasna, 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Lubliniec, and 66 km (41 mi) north-west of the regional capital Katowice.

The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word jeż, which means "hedgehog".[2]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 57.