Małachowo-Kępe

Małachowo-Kępe
Village
Małachowo-Kępe
Location in Poland
Coordinates: 52°25′58″N 17°43′30″E / 52.43278°N 17.72500°E / 52.43278; 17.72500
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyGniezno
GminaWitkowo
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
98[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPGN[2]

Małachowo-Kępe ([mawaˈxɔvɔ ˈkɛmpɛ]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Witkowo, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[3][4]

Geography

The locality is recorded in Poland’s State Register of Geographical Names (PRNG) as a village in the rural area of Gmina Witkowo, Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship.[3]

Demographics

According to population statistics compiled from official Polish data, the village had 98 inhabitants in 2021.[1]

History

Małachowo-Kępe, historically also known as Małachowo-Kępice, was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Gniezno County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[5]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the Germans expelled several Polish inhabitants to the General Government, and their farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[6]

Transport

Vehicles registered in Gniezno County use the distinguishing mark GN under the Greater Poland Voivodeship prefix (commonly rendered as PGN) in the official register of plate codes.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Małachowo-Kępe (Village) – population statistics". CityPopulation. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  2. ^ a b "Rozporządzenie Ministra Infrastruktury z dnia 8 listopada 2024 r. w sprawie rejestracji i oznaczania pojazdów… (Dz.U. 2024 poz. 1709)" (PDF). Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Załącznik nr 13 (Wyróżniki województw i powiatów). Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  3. ^ a b "Małachowo-Kępe – entry in the State Register of Geographical Names (PRNG)". Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography (GUGiK). Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  4. ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  5. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
  6. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939–1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 244–245.