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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Czerteż
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Czerteż.jpg
| image_caption = Czerteż road sign
| subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Subcarpathian Voivodeship|Subcarpathian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sanok County|Sanok]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Sanok|Sanok]]
| population_total = 720
| area_total_km2 =
| area_land_km2 = 3.36
| established_date = 1339
| established_title = Founded
| elevation_m = 346
| coordinates = {{coord|49|35|00|N|22|10|00|E|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| website =
}}
'''Czerteż''' {{IPAc-pl|'|cz|e|r|t|e|s}} is a village in [[Lesser Poland|East Małopolska]] in the [[Beskidy|Lesser Beskid]] mountains, in the district called [[Gmina Sanok]].<ref name="TERYT">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}}</ref> It is situated below the main watershed at the foot of the [[Słonne Mountains]], and has an elevation of 346 metres. Situated in the [[Subcarpathian Voivodship]] (since 1999), previously in [[Krosno Voivodship]] (1975–1998) and [[Sanok]] district, [[Sanok]] subdistrict (more than 4 miles/7&nbsp;km west of Sanok), [[parish]] [[Kostarowce]]. In Czerteż is The Agricultural Production Cooperative "Unity"
==History==
Czerteż was founded in 1339 by prince [[Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia]], and was originally named ''Czerteznyki'' ( en. [[Handicraft]]s ).
In 966-1018, 1340-1772 ([[Ruthenian Voivodeship]]) and 1918-1939 Czertez was part of Poland. Between 1772 and 1918 it belonged to Austrian empire, later Austrian-Hungarian empire when double monarchy was introduced in [[Austria]]. It is the oldest settlement in the [[Sanoczek]] river-basin.
==Religion==
In the center of the village there is a wooden Greek-Catholic church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord dating to 1742. It was renovated in 1877 and 1924. It is an excellent examples of [[Boyko]] architecture.
==References==
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{{Commons category|Czerteż}}
{{Gmina Sanok}}
[[Category:Villages in Sanok County]]
[[Category:1339 establishments in Europe]]
[[Category:14th-century establishments in Poland]]
[[Category:Populated places established in the 1330s]]