Gmina Zawoja
Gmina Zawoja | ||
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Lesser Poland | |
Powiat : | Suski | |
Geographic location : | 49 ° 40 ′ N , 19 ° 34 ′ E | |
Residents : | see Gmina | |
Postal code : | 34-222, 34-223 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 33 | |
License plate : | KSU | |
Gmina | ||
Gminatype: | Rural community | |
Gmina structure: | 8 school offices | |
Surface: | 128.00 km² | |
Residents: | 9090 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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Population density : | 71 inhabitants / km² | |
Community number ( GUS ): | 1215082 | |
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Website : | www.zawoja.pl |
The Gmina Zawoja is a rural community in the powiat Suski in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland . Your seat is the village of the same name with about 6500 inhabitants.
geography
The municipality has an area of 128 km². 32 percent of the municipal area is used for agriculture and 66 percent for forestry. The municipality is located twenty kilometers south of Wadowice . The Skawica is one of the waters. The main town is the seat of the Babia Góra National Park , named after the Babia Góra mountain range (1725 m).
history
On April 2, 1969, a fully occupied Antonov An-24 of the LOT collided with Mount Polica in the municipality . In 2003 and 2009 a plaque and a memorial were erected at the crash site.
From 1975 to 1998 the municipality belonged to the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship .
Community partnerships
- Cserkeszőlő , Hungary
- Öcsöd , Hungary
- Yaworiv , Ukraine
structure
The rural community (gmina wiejska) consists of the villages Zawoja and Skawica . These are divided into eight school offices (sołectwa):
- Skawica Centrum and Skawica Sucha Góra
- Zawoja Górna, Zawoja Centrum, Zawoja Przysłop, Zawoja Dolna, Zawoja Mosorne and Zawoja Wełcza.
Attractions
- Parish church in Zawoja, built in wood in 1757–59 and rebuilt in 1888
- Way chapel in Zawoja (18th century)
- Wooden houses in Skansen near Zawoja
Web links
- Official website of Gmina Zawoja (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
- ↑ regioset.pl (pl / en, accessed on September 22, 2014) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish) (PDF; 802 kB)
- ↑ Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej w Małopolsce Urząd Gminy Zawoja (Polish, accessed on September 22, 2014)