Ortowice

Ortowice
Village
Ortowice
Coordinates: 50°16′55″N 18°19′10″E / 50.28194°N 18.31944°E / 50.28194; 18.31944
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Opole
County Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Gmina Bierawa
Population 285

Ortowice [ɔrtɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German Ortowitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bierawa, within Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Bierawa, 12 km (7 mi) south-east of Kędzierzyn-Koźle, and 51 km (32 mi) south-east 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 285.

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Coordinates: 50°16′55″N 18°19′10″E / 50.28194°N 18.31944°E / 50.28194; 18.31944

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