Pieczonogi is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleśnica, within Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Oleśnica, south-west of Staszów, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce.
Name The toponym of the village comes from the Pechenegs, a semi-nomadic Turkic people who settled in the area during the time of the Piast dynasty. The Pechenegs in this area may have come as military settlers or may have simply been herders. They also lent their name to Pieczonogi, Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Pieczonóg-Gacki, a village near Szydłów.
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