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Kępice

Coordinates: 54°14′28″N 16°53′23″E / 54.24111°N 16.88972°E / 54.24111; 16.88972
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Kępice
Ulica Niepodległości (Independence Street) in Kępice
Ulica Niepodległości (Independence Street) in Kępice
Flag of Kępice
Coat of arms of Kępice
Kępice is located in Poland
Kępice
Kępice
Coordinates: 54°14′28″N 16°53′23″E / 54.24111°N 16.88972°E / 54.24111; 16.88972
Country Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
CountySłupsk
GminaKępice
Town rights1967
Government
 • MayorPrzemysław Wolański
Area
 • Total6.11 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total3,646
 • Density600/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
77–230
Vehicle registrationGSL
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://www.kepice.pl

Kępice [kɛmˈpʲit͡sɛ] (Kashubian: Kãpice, or Hômer; German: Hammermühle)[1] is a town and seat of Gmina Kępice in Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It has 3,646 inhabitants and is 6.11 square kilometres (2.36 sq mi) in size.

History

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During World War II, the Germans operated two forced labour subcamps of the Stalag II-B prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs.[2]

Kępice was granted town rights in 1967.

References

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  1. ^ Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
  2. ^ "Les Kommandos". Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne (in French). Retrieved 18 October 2024.