Chrzelice

Chrzelice
Village
Chrzelice
Coordinates: 50°28′N 17°44′E / 50.467°N 17.733°E / 50.467; 17.733
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.

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Biała

Town and seat	Biała Prudnicka

Villages	Browiniec Polski Brzeźnica Chrzelice Czartowice Dębina Frącki Górka Prudnicka Gostomia Grabina Józefów Kolnowice Krobusz Łącznik Laskowiec Ligota Bialska Miłowice Mokra Nowa Wieś Prudnicka Ogiernicze Olbrachcice Otoki Pogórze Prężyna Radostynia Rostkowice Śmicz Solec Wasiłowice Wilków Żabnik

Coordinates: 50°28′N 17°44′E / 50.467°N 17.733°E / 50.467; 17.733

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