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Bażanowice
Village
"Castle" in Bażanowice
"Castle" in Bażanowice
CountryPoland
VoivodeshipSilesian
CountyCieszyn
GminaGoleszów
First mentioned1523
Area
3.81 km2 (1.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
1,161
 • Density300/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
43-440
Car platesSCI

Bażanowice is a village in Gmina Goleszów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, close to the border with the Czech Republic. It has a population of about 1,100. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and was first mentioned in a written document in 1523.

In 1930 a dairy was founded in the village, it operates to date producing emmentaler and other milk products. There is a church of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in the village. It was built in 1981 by Stanisław Kwaśniewicz.

Paweł Stalmach, Polish journalist and Protestant activist was born here.