Olkusz
Olkusz is a town in southern Poland with 36,607 inhabitants. Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, it is the capital of Olkusz County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 33,500 residents
- Description: city of Poland
- Also known as: “Ol’kush”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of Saint Andrew in Olkusz and Olkusz train station.
Basilica of Saint Andrew in Olkusz
Church
Photo: Mach240390, CC BY 3.0.
Basilica of Saint Andrew in Olkusz is a church.
Olkusz train station
Railway station
Photo: FAREN1988, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Olkusz train station is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Olewin and Żurada.
Olewin
Village
Photo: Andrzej O, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Olewin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olkusz, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Olewin is situated 3 km east of Olkusz.
Żurada
Village
Photo: ARKADIUSZ MARKIEWICZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Żurada is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olkusz, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Żurada is situated 3½ km southwest of Olkusz.
Witeradów
Village
Photo: Premia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Witeradów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olkusz, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Witeradów is situated 3½ km south of Olkusz.
Olkusz
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Gmina Olkusz, Olkusz County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.27882° or 50° 16′ 44″ northLongitude
19.55963° or 19° 33′ 35″ eastPopulation
33,500Elevation
366 metres (1,201 feet)United Nations Location Code
PL OKZOpen location code
9F2X7HH5+GVOpenStreetMap ID
node 31900901OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Olkusz” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أولكوس”
- Armenian: “Օլկուշ”
- Asturian: “Olkusz”
- Belarusian: “Волькуш”
- Belarusian: “Олькуш”
- Bulgarian: “Олкуш”
- Cebuano: “Olkusz (kapital sa powiat)”
- Cebuano: “Olkusz”
- Chechen: “Олькуш”
- Chinese: “奥尔库什”
- Chinese: “奧爾庫什”
- Czech: “Olkuš”
- Czech: “Olkusz”
- Danish: “Olkusz”
- Dutch: “Olkusz”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اولكوز”
- Esperanto: “Olkusz”
- Estonian: “Olkusz”
- Finnish: “Olkusz”
- French: “Olkusz”
- German: “Ilkenau”
- German: “Olkusch”
- German: “Olkusz”
- Greek: “Όλκους”
- Hebrew: “אולקוש”
- Irish: “Olkusz”
- Italian: “Olkusz”
- Japanese: “オルクシュ”
- Javanese: “Olkusz”
- Kashubian: “Olkusz”
- Latin: “Ilcus”
- Latvian: “Olkuša”
- Lithuanian: “Olkušas”
- Malay: “Olkusz”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Olkusz”
- Norwegian: “Olkusz”
- Persian: “اولکوش”
- Polish: “Olkusz”
- Portuguese: “Olkusz”
- Romanian: “Olkusz”
- Russian: “Олькуш”
- Serbian: “Олкуш”
- Silesian: “Olkusz”
- Slovak: “Olkusz”
- Spanish: “Olkusz”
- Swedish: “Olkusz”
- Tatar: “Олькуш”
- Turkish: “Olkusz”
- Ukrainian: “Олькуш”
- Vietnamese: “Olkusz”
- Waray (Philippines): “Olkusz”
- Yiddish: “עלקוש”
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