Pieczonogi, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Pieczonogi[2][3][4] [pjɛt͡ʂɔˈnɔɡi] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleśnica, within Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.

[5] 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.

[6] According to the 2002 Poland census, there were 432 people residing in Pieczonogi village, of whom 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female.