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Smugi, 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 revisionApr 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ9338799 ↗
Source-derived summary

Smugi [ˈsmuɡi] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wojciechowice, within Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 km (2 mi) north-east of Wojciechowice, 16 km (10 mi) north-east of Opatów, and 71 km (44 mi) east of the regional capital Kielce.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Smugi, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship” as village in Świętokrzyskie, Poland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Smugi, 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 Smugi, 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 “Smugi, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship”, the useful work is to connect “village in Świętokrzyskie, Poland” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q9338799. Authority coordinates are 50.870, 21.625. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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 “Smugi, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Smugi, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship primary sources, Smugi, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship archive and Smugi 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 “Smugi, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Smugi, 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.