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Kopiec, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

village in Świętokrzyskie, Poland

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ6431108 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kopiec [ˈkɔpjɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Iwaniska, within Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 6 km (4 mi) south-east of Iwaniska, 12 km (7 mi) south-west of Opatów, and 55 km (34 mi) east of the regional capital Kielce.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Kopiec, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship” as village in Świętokrzyskie, Poland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kopiec, Świętokrzyskie and Voivodeship.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 48-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Kopiec, Świętokrzyskie and Voivodeship providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Kopiec, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship”, the useful work is to connect “village in Świętokrzyskie, Poland” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6431108. Authority coordinates are 50.712, 21.341. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kopiec, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kopiec, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship primary sources, Kopiec, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship archive and Kopiec research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kopiec, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Kopiec, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.