Otmuchów

Otmuchów (pronounced: ; ) is a town in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 6,581 inhabitants (2019).

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Locality: Otmuchów
Region: województwo opolskie
Country: Polska
Population: 5,181
Timezone: Europe/Warsaw

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Otmuchów
Settlement.image_skyline: Otmuchów - Ratusz.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Town Hall
Settlement.image_shield: POL Otmuchów COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Opole
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nysa
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Otmuchów
Settlement.established_title2: Town rights
Settlement.established_date2: 1347
Settlement.leader_party: PiS
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Damian Nowakowski

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Wikidata facts

Population: 6360
Area: 27.83
Elevation: 220
Official website: www.otmuchow.pl
Image: Otmuchów, kościół par. p.w. śś. Mikołaja i Franciszka Ksawerego, 1690-1701.JPG

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Commons category: Otmuchów
inception: 1115-00-00
P6482: Otmuchów
postal code: 48-385
P8168: Oliver Weber
male population: 3046
female population: 3314
P12749: Western European hedgehog

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Etymology
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Economy
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Sports
Twin towns – sister cities
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Otmuchów (pronounced: ; ) is a town in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 6,581 inhabitants (2019).

==Etymology== The city was mentioned for the first time as Otemochow in 1155. It was named in its Old Polish form Othmuchow in the 13th-century Book of Henryków. The name Othmuchow was also listed in the Chronicles of the Kingdom of Poland written in the years 1455-1480 by Jan Długosz and the Latinized name Othmuchouie appeared in the Statuta synodalia episcoporum Wratislaviensium from 1475.