Chrzelice
Chrzelice | |
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Village | |
Chrzelice | |
Coordinates: 50°28′N 17°44′E / 50.467°N 17.733°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Opole |
County | Prudnik |
Gmina | Biała |
Population | 654 |
Website | http://chrzelice.pl/ |
Chrzelice ([xʂɛˈlʲit͡sɛ]; in German Schelitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biała, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Biała Prudnicka, 20 km (12 mi) north-east of Prudnik, and 27 km (17 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II).
The village has a population of 654.
It is also the birthplace of unicycle handball, where it was invented in the late 1970s.
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Coordinates: 50°28′N 17°44′E / 50.467°N 17.733°E
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