Komorowice, Bielsko-Biała
Komorowice (German: Batzdorf) is the northernmost part of Bielsko-Biała, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It is located on both banks of the Biała River, the historical border river between Silesia and Lesser Poland, and from the mid-15th century to 1772, also the states of Poland and Bohemia (from 1526 part of the Habsburg monarchy).
Komorowice | |
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Biała River in the southern part of Komorowice | |
Location of Komorowice within Bielsko-Biała | |
| Coordinates: 49°51′16″N 19°2′26″E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County/City | Bielsko-Biała |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.3117 km2 (5.9119 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 10,112 |
| • Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | (+48) 033 |
Komorowice is an informal dzielnica (a form of district). Since 2002 it consists of two osiedla (auxiliary units, Polish: jednostki pomocnicze), which have a combined area of 15.3117 km2 (Komorowice Krakowskie: 9.6152 km2, Komorowice Śląskie: 5.6995 km2) and on December 31, 2006 had altogether 10,112 inhabitants (7,778 in Komorowice Krakowskie, 2,334 in Komorowice Śląskie).
The name of the village is derived from personal name Komor locally meaning also a mosquito (Polish: komar, German: Mücke, hence Mückendorf).