Pieczonogi is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oleśnica, within Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 5 km west of Oleśnica, 17 km south-west of Staszów, and 55 km 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.

Demography

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. In the village, the population was spread out, with 22% under the age of 18, 39.6% from 18 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 20.1% who were 65 years of age or older. '''Figure 1. Population pyramid of village in 2002 — by age group and sex'''