Siechnice

Siechnice
Siechnice
Coordinates: 51°2′12″N 17°9′9″E / 51.03667°N 17.15250°E / 51.03667; 17.15250
Country Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
CountyWrocław
GminaSiechnice
Town rights1997
Government
 • MayorŁukasz Kropski (I)
Area
 • Total
15.63 km2 (6.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30)
 • Total
8,113
 • Density519.1/km2 (1,344/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(+48) 71
Vehicle registrationDWR
Websitehttp://siechnice.com.pl/

Siechnice (Polish pronunciation: [ɕɛxˈnit͡sɛ], German: Tschechnitz, [ˈt͡ʃɛçnɪt͡s]) is a town in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) of Gmina Siechnice. It gained town status in 1997, and as of 2019 has a population of 8,113. Siechnice is part of the Wrocław metropolitan area. Previously the district was called Gmina Święta Katarzyna, and Siechnice was the only town in Poland which neither gave its name to the gmina in which it lay nor served as its administrative seat.

The Czechnica power plant, a part of the Wrocław power supply system, is located in Siechnice.