It is notable for its 18th-century baroque church of Holy Trinity, which was built by the castellan of Sandomierz Michał Konarski, in 1748–1778, replacing a wooden church from 1620.
History
The name of the village comes from the Bogoria family, which resided in the nearby village of Skotniki. In 1578, Bogoria was a small settlement, and a local nobleman named Krzysztof Bogoria Podlecki decided to found here a town. In 1616, King Zygmunt III Waza granted it Magdeburg rights, and Bogoria quickly developed, with its own town hall, artisans and eight fairs every year. The town belonged to Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province, and like other locations, it was completely destroyed by Swedish soldiers in the Deluge (1655–1660). In 1662, it had only 300 inhabitants, and by 1676, the population shrank to 100. In the 18th century, the situation improved, with merchants and cloth makers opening their shops here. In 1770, however, Bogoria burned, together with the town hall. By 1827, when after the Partitions of Poland, the town belonged to the Russian-controlled Congress Poland, it had the population of 425, with 73 houses. Bogoria lost its town charter after the November Uprising (1869), together with a number of other towns of northern Lesser Poland.
During World War II, Bogoria was one of centers of the Home Army. In December 1942, the Jędrusie resistance organization attacked a German train, robbing it of 30 tons of sugar, and killed a local German spy.[6]Polish underground press was distributed in Bogoria.[7] The Germans destroyed 80% of the village.
Demography
According to the 2002 Poland census, there were 1,038 people residing in Bogoria village, of whom 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.6% under the age of 18, 37.6% from 18 to 44, 17.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older.[1]
Table 1. Population level of village in 2002 — by age group[1]
SPECIFICATION
Measure unit
POPULATION (by age group in 2002)
TOTAL
0-9
10-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70-79
80 +
I.
TOTAL
person
1,038
140
174
140
125
158
91
99
83
28
—
of which in
%
100
13.5
16.8
13.5
12
15.2
8.8
9.5
8
2.7
1.
BY SEX
A.
Males
person
494
73
84
70
66
80
47
39
31
4
—
of which in
%
47.6
7
8.1
6.7
6.4
7.7
4.5
3.8
3
0.4
B.
Females
person
544
67
90
70
59
78
44
60
52
24
—
of which in
%
52.4
6.5
8.7
6.7
5.7
7.5
4.2
5.8
5
2.3
Figure 1. Population pyramid of village in 2002 — by age group and sex[1]
Table 2. Population level of village in 2002 — by sex[1]
^Bielec, Jan (ed.); Szwałek, Stanisława (1980). Wykaz urzędowych nazw miejscowości w Polsce. T. I: A – J [List of official names of localities in Poland, Vol. I: A – J] (in Polish). Ministry of Administration, Spatial Economy and Environmental Protection (1st ed.). Warsaw, Poland: Central Statistical Office. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
^Sitek, Janusz (1991). Nazwy geograficzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej [Geographical names of the Republic of Poland] (in Polish). Ministry of Physical Planning and Construction, Surveyor General of Poland, Council of Ministers' Office, Commission for Establishing Names of Localities and Physiographical Objects (1st ed.). Warsaw, Poland: Eugeniusz Romer State Cartographical Publishing House. ISBN83-7000-071-1.
^"Bogoria, miasto, gmina Bogoria, powiat staszowski, województwo świętokrzyskie" [Bogoria, town, Bogoria Commune, Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Province, Poland]. Topographical map prepared in 1:10,000 scale. Aerial and satellite orthophotomap (in Polish). Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography, Poland, Warsaw. 2011. geoportal.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
