Mszana
Mszana | |
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Village | |
St. George church | |
| Coordinates: 49°58′9″N 18°30′56″E / 49.96917°N 18.51556°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Wodzisław |
| Gmina | Mszana |
| First mentioned | 1305 |
| Highest elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Population | 3,559 |
| Website | http://www.mszana.ug.gov.pl |
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Mszana [ˈmʂana] is a village in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mszana. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Wodzisław Śląski and 47 km (29 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Msana debent esse triginta mansi.