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Pruchna
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Also known as Pruchna (Poland)

Pruchna is a village in Gmina Strumień, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

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Pruchna
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Village
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POL Pruchna Panorama z południa.JPG
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General view
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POL Pruchna COA.svg
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Poland
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bottom
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Country
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Voivodeship
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Silesian
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County
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Cieszyn
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Gmina
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Strumień
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Mayor
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Leszek Czakon
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First mentioned

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Pruchna
Country
Poland
Located in
Gmina Strumień
Population
2472
Area
19.03
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Official website
www.pruchna.com.pl
Image
POL Pruchna Panorama z południa.JPG
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Commons category
Pruchna
postal code
43-523
male population
1225
female population
1247
native label
Pruchna
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Geography
  • References
  • External links

Pruchna is a village in Gmina Strumień, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

== Etymology == Originally the name of the village was Prochna or Prochno. The name of the village is of topographic origin and is derived from the rotten trees (próchno in Polish denotes dry rot). It was sometimes Germanised as Pruchnau.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pruchna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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