Bogoria, Poland

Bogoria
Town
Coat of arms
Bogoria
Coordinates: 50°38′59″N 21°15′40″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Świętokrzyskie
County	Staszów
Gmina	Bogoria
Sołectwo	Bogoria
Town rights	1616
Elevation	253 m (830 ft)
Population  (31 December 2009 at Census)
• Total	1,053
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	28-210
Area code	+48 15
Car plates	TSZ
Website	http://www.bogoria.pl/

Bogoria [bɔˈɡɔrja] is a town in Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bogoria. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Staszów and 53 km (33 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kielce. Bogoria belongs to historic Lesser Poland.

It is notable for its 18th-century baroque church of Holy Trinity, which was built by the castellan of Sandomierz Michał Konarski, in 1748–1778, replacing a wooden church from 1620.

History

The name of the village comes from the Bogoria family, which resided in the nearby village of Skotniki. In 1578, Bogoria was a small settlement, and a local nobleman named Krzysztof Bogoria Podlecki decided to found here a town. In 1616, King Zygmunt III Waza granted it Magdeburg rights, and Bogoria quickly developed, with its own town hall, artisans and eight fairs every year. The town belonged to Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province, and like other locations, it was completely destroyed by Swedish soldiers in the Deluge (1655–1660). In 1662, it had only 300 inhabitants, and by 1676, the population shrank to 100. In the 18th century, the situation improved, with merchants and cloth makers opening their shops here. In 1770, however, Bogoria burned, together with the town hall. By 1827, when after the Partitions of Poland, the town belonged to the Russian-controlled Congress Poland, it had the population of 425, with 73 houses. Bogoria lost its town charter after the November Uprising (1869), together with a number of other towns of northern Lesser Poland.

During World War II, Bogoria was one of centers of the Home Army. In December 1942, the Jędrusie resistance organization attacked a German train, robbing it of 30 tons of sugar, and killed a local German spy. Polish underground press was distributed in Bogoria. The Germans destroyed 80% of the village.

Demography

According to the 2002 Poland census, there were 1,038 people residing in Bogoria village, of whom 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.6% under the age of 18, 37.6% from 18 to 44, 17.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older.

Table 1. Population level of village in 2002 — by age group

SPECIFICATION					Measure unit	POPULATION (by age group in 2002)
						TOTAL	0-9	10-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70-79	80 +
I.	TOTAL				person	1,038	140	174	140	125	158	91	99	83	28
	—	of which in			%	100	13.5	16.8	13.5	12	15.2	8.8	9.5	8	2.7
	1.	BY SEX
		A.	Males		person	494	73	84	70	66	80	47	39	31	4
			—	of which in	%	47.6	7	8.1	6.7	6.4	7.7	4.5	3.8	3	0.4
		B.	Females		person	544	67	90	70	59	78	44	60	52	24
			—	of which in	%	52.4	6.5	8.7	6.7	5.7	7.5	4.2	5.8	5	2.3

Figure 1. Population pyramid of village in 2002 — by age group and sex

Table 2. Population level of village in 2002 — by sex

SPECIFICATION						Measure unit	POPULATION (by sex in 2002)
							TOTAL	Males	Females
I.	TOTAL					person	1,038	494	544
	—	of which in				%	100	47.6	52.4
	1.	BY AGE GROUP
		A.	At pre-working age			person	276	136	140
			—	of which in		%	26.6	13.1	13.5
		B.	At working age. grand total			person	569	301	268
			—	of which in		%	54.8	29	25.8
			a.	at mobile working age		person	390	201	189
				—	of which in	%	37.6	19.4	18.2
			b.	at non-mobile working age		person	179	100	79
				—	of which in	%	17.2	9.6	7.6
		C.	At post-working age			person	193	57	136
			—	of which in		%	18.6	5.5	13.1