Libiąż
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lesser Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Chrzanowski | ||
| Gmina : | Libiąż | ||
| Area : | 35.88 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 6 ′ N , 19 ° 19 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 310 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 17,203 (Dec. 31, 2016) | ||
| Postal code : | 32-590 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 32 | ||
| License plate : | KCH | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | A4 Krakow - Katowice | ||
| Next international airport : | Krakow-Balice | ||
Libiąż is a town with around 17,200 inhabitants in the Chrzanowski powiat in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with about 22,500 inhabitants and is located about 40 km west of Krakow and seven kilometers north of Auschwitz .
By far the most important economic factor and at the same time an important employer, also for the surrounding communities, is the Janina coal mine .
local community
The town-and-country municipality (gmina miejsko-wiejska) includes the town of Libiąż, the two villages Gromiec and Żarki .
Community partnerships
Personalities
- Zygmunt Szczotkowski (1877–1943), mining engineer and first Polish director of the Janina mine
- Jan Zając (* 1939), auxiliary bishop in Cracow
- Tadeusz Arkit (* 1955), mayor of the city from 1998 to 2007
- Irena Habalik (* 1955), Austrian author.
Web links
Commons : Libiąż - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website of the city (Polish, English, French, Italian)