Przysiółek

Przysiółek is a type of rural settlement in Poland.

It is a cluster of several farmsteads outside of the compact development of a village, and may constitute an integral part of it.

[1] According to a 2021 regulation, "przysiółek" can be used as an official descriptor of the type of locality.

In various regions of Poland other terms for minor rural settlements are used: rola, kolonia, osiedle, wybudowanie, pustki.

In the historical documents of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the Latin-language terms convilla, appendium villae were also used.