Jordanów

Jordanów
	Jordanów
	Jordanów
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Lesser Poland
Powiat :	Suski
Area :	20.00 km²
Geographic location :	49 ° 39 ' N , 19 ° 50' E Coordinates: 49 ° 38 '57 " N , 19 ° 49' 48" E
Residents :	5346 ; (Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code :	34-240
Telephone code :	(+48) 18
License plate :	KSU
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Krakow-Balice
Gmina
Gminatype:	Borough
Residents:	5346 ; (Jun. 30, 2019)
Community number ( GUS ):	1215011
administration
Mayor :	Andrzej Malczewski
Address:	Rynek 1 ; 34-240 Jordanów
Website :	www.jordanow.pl
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Bird's eye view of town center

Jordanów City Hall

Jordanów is a town in the Suski powiat in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , Poland . It is also the seat of the rural community of the same name ( gmina wiejska ) to which the city does not belong.

geography

Jordanów is located about 46 km south of Kraków on the Skawa River at the foot of the Beskid Makowski in the Rabka Basin . The city has an area of 20.00 km², 57% of which is used for agriculture and 34% is covered with forest.

history

The city was founded in 1564 by Spytek Jordan . In the following period the city became an important trading center. The goods were mostly salt, domestic cattle and / or fabrics. The city gained more and more importance because it was or is on the so-called Salt Road between Kraków and Wieliczka . At that time Krakow was still the capital of the Kingdom of Poland and Wieliczka had very large salt deposits. Since salt was also called “the white gold” because of its value at the time, the strategically good location at that time can be easily understood.

Due to its importance, the town became a separate county and came into the possession of the Trąby family . The Counts of Jordanów now called themselves Jordanowski.

From 1975 to 1998 the city was part of the Nowy Sącz Voivodeship .

Jordanów Commune

Jordanów is the seat of a rural community of the same name, but is not itself part of it. The rural community has an area of 92.6 km² on which 11,172 people live (June 30, 2019).