Włochy
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Włochy district of Warsaw |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 20 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E |
| surface | 28.63 km² |
| Residents | 39,929 (2010) |
| Population density | 1395 inhabitants / km² |
| Website | http://www.ud-wlochy.waw.pl |
| License Plate | WW .... K, L, M, N, V, R, S, U, P |
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| mayor | Michał Wąsowicz |
Włochy [ ˈvwɔxɨ ] is a south-western district of the Polish capital Warsaw . About 36,000 people live in Włochy on 28.6 km². It borders (clockwise from the north) with the Warsaw districts of Bemowo, Wola , Ochota, Mokotów, Ursynów, the rural communities of Raszyn and Michałowice in the Pruszkowski powiat and the Warsaw district of Ursus .
The plural term Włochy in Polish also stands for Italy . The Slavic languages have borrowed this term from the Germanic adjective welsch for the Romance peoples. The origin of the name for the place in Poland is unclear. There are three hypotheses, but none are historically documented. The first says that the name comes from the farmer Jan, called Włoch (Italian), who is said to have founded the forest settlement. The second hypothesis tells of foreign armies, presumably from Italy, which were stationed not far from the Wola electoral field. The elections for the Polish kings took place in Wola, today the neighboring Warsaw district. The third hypothesis ascribes the origin of the name to the Italian visual artists who decorated Warsaw palaces and gardens with their works and possibly settled there.
Between 1938 and 1951 Włochy had city rights. On May 2, 1951, it was incorporated into the city of Warsaw as part of the Ochota District. In 1994 it formed the municipality of Warsaw-Włochy and became a separate city district when the city was reorganized in 2002.
Districts
Włochy is divided into the districts
- Nowe Włochy
- Starlings Włochy
- Wiktoryn
- Raków
- Salomea
- Okęcie
- Zbarż
- Gorzkiewki
- Paluch
- Załuski
- Opacz Wielka
Distinctive buildings
Warsaw International Airport , which is an important economic factor for Włochy, is located in Okęcie in the east of the city district .
In Włochy there are still the remains of three of the fortifications built in the 19th century by Tsarist Russia, the fort "Włochy" , the fort "Okęcie" and the fort "Zbarż".
The Koelichen Palace found its way into the Włochy district coat of arms.
