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Bochnia
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Bochnia is a town on the river Raba in southern Poland, administrative seat of Bochnia County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built in the 13th century, a World Heritage Site and a Historic Monument of Poland.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bochnia
- Settlement.image_shield
- Herb Bochni.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Bochnia flag.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lesser Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bochnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Bochnia (urban gmina)
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1198
- Settlement.established_title2
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1253
- Settlement.leader_party
- PO
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- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- Bochnia
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Bochnia County
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 30187
- Area
- 29.9
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Gmina Bochnia
- Official website
- www.bochnia.pl
- Image
- Widok układu urbanistycznego Bochni z wieży kościoła farnego.jpg
- Licence plate code
- KBC
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- topic's main category
- Category:Bochnia
- Commons gallery
- Bochnia
- twinned administrative body
- Borshchiv
- Commons category
- Bochnia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bochnia
- postal code
- 32-700 — 32-701
- vocalized name
- בּוֹכְנִיָה
- native label
- Bochnia
- male population
- 13844
- female population
- 15102
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- World War II
- Recent period
- Landmarks
- Salt mine
- Other landmarks
- Transport
- Road transport
- Rail transport
- Education
- Sports
- International relations
- Twin towns - sister cities
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Bochnia is a town on the river Raba in southern Poland, administrative seat of Bochnia County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built in the 13th century, a World Heritage Site and a Historic Monument of Poland.
As of December 2021, Bochnia has a population of 29,317 and an area of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bochnia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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