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Skawina
Sign in to saveSkawina is a town in southern Poland with 27,328 inhabitants (2008), situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The town is located on the Skawinka river, in close proximity to the city of Kraków. Its population (as for December 31, 2010) was 23,761, and the area of the town is 20,50 km2. One of the most interesting historic buildings in Skawina is a Renaissance palace, built in the mid-16th century by Paweł Korytko. The name of the town probably comes from the Skawinka river.
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Place details
- Locality
- Skawina
- Region
- województwo małopolskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 23,647
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Skawina
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rynek w Skawinie 2.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Market Square
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Skawina COA.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
- Kraków
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Skawina
- Settlement.leader_party
- PiS
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Norbert Rzepisko
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1364
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Sports
- Twin Towns – Sister Cities
- Notable people
- External links
- References
Skawina is a town in southern Poland with 27,328 inhabitants (2008), situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The town is located on the Skawinka river, in close proximity to the city of Kraków. Its population (as for December 31, 2010) was 23,761, and the area of the town is 20,50 km2. One of the most interesting historic buildings in Skawina is a Renaissance palace, built in the mid-16th century by Paweł Korytko. The name of the town probably comes from the Skawinka river.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skawina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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