Gmina Piaski
Piaski is a village in Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Piaski. Historically, the town had a large Jewish population, partially because for many years Jews were not permitted in the nearby town of Gostyń.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 3,040 residents
- Description: village in powiat gostyński, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
- Also known as: “Piaski” and “Piaski, Gostyń County”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Piaski and Basilica on the Holy Mountain.
Basilica on the Holy Mountain
Church
Basilica on the Holy Mountain is a historic Oratorian, Renaissance minor basilica in Głogówko, Poland. The shrine is modelled on the Venetian Santa Maria della Salute. Basilica on the Holy Mountain is situated 2½ km west of Gmina Piaski.
Gostyń Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Jersz, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Gostyń Town Hall is situated 4 km west of Gmina Piaski.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strzelce Wielkie and Drzęczewo Drugie.
Strzelce Wielkie
Village
Photo: Jersz, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Strzelce Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Piaski, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
Drzęczewo Drugie
Village
Drzęczewo Drugie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Piaski, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
Drzęczewo Pierwsze
Village
Drzęczewo Pierwsze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Piaski, within Gostyń County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
Gmina Piaski
- Categories: village of Poland and locality
- Location: Gmina Piaski, Gostyń County, Wielkopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.88483° or 51° 53′ 5″ northLongitude
17.07416° or 17° 4′ 27″ eastPopulation
3,040Elevation
98 metres (322 feet)Open location code
9F3VV3MF+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 309453807OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3089217Wikidata ID
Q985391
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Gmina Piaski” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Piaski”
- Cebuano: “Piaski”
- Chechen: “Пяски (Гостинскан повет)”
- Chechen: “Пяски”
- Chinese: “Piaski”
- Czech: “Piaski”
- Dutch: “Piaski”
- French: “Piaski”
- German: “Piaski”
- German: “Sandberg”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Piaski”
- Persian: “پیاسکی”
- Polish: “Piaski”
- Portuguese: “Comuna de Piaski”
- Russian: “Пяски”
- Slovak: “Gmina Piaski”
- South Azerbaijani: “پیاسکی”
- Tatar: “Пяски (Гостинский повяты)”
- Tatar: “Пяски”
- Turkish: “Piaski”
- Ukrainian: “Ґміна Пяскі”
- Ukrainian: “Пяски”
- Waray (Philippines): “Gmina Piaski”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Centrum Kultury i Biblioteka w Piaskach and Ławeczka Edmunda Bojanowskiego.
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