Pawłowice [pavwɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a large village in Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

During the political upheaval caused by Matthias Corvinus the land around Pszczyna was overtaken by Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn, who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian magnates of the Thurzó family, forming the Pless state country.

In the accompanying sales document issued on 21 February 1517 the village was mentioned as Pawlowicze.

In the War of the Austrian Succession most of Silesia was conquered by the Kingdom of Prussia, including the village, but Pawłowice, however, were mostly inhabited by Poles.

In the Upper Silesia plebiscite in 1921, as many as 74% of the inhabitants of Pawłowice voted for joining Poland.