Bochnia County
Bochnia County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Salt Mine in Bochnia and Bochnia railway station.
Salt Mine in Bochnia
Protected area
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The Bochnia Salt Mine in Bochnia, Poland, is one of the oldest salt mines in the world and is the oldest commercial company in Poland. The Bochnia salt mine was established in 1248 after salt had been discovered there in the 12th and 13th centuries and became part of the royal mining company, Żupy krakowskie.
Bochnia railway station
Railway station
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Bochnia railway station is a railway station in Bochnia, Poland. As of 2022, it is served by Koleje Małopolskie, Polregio, and PKP Intercity.
Basilica of Saint Nicholas in Bochnia
Church
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Basilica of Saint Nicholas in Bochnia is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bochnia and Nowy Wiśnicz.
Bochnia
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Bochnia is a town of almost 30,000 people in Małopolskie Province in southern Poland, 40 km southeast of Kraków. It has a pleasant old town centre but the big attraction is its salt mine, worked since medieval times.
Nowy Wiśnicz
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Nowy Wiśnicz is a historic town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, situated south east of Kraków. There is one of the most beautiful renaissance castles there.
Łapczyca
Village
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Łapczyca is a village in southern Poland, situated in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, previously in Tarnów Voivodeship. Łapczyca is situated 4 km west of Bochnia County.
Bochnia County
- Location: Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Bochnia County” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bochnia barrutia”
- Belarusian: “Бахэнскі павет”
- Belarusian: “Бохенскі павет”
- Bulgarian: “Бохненски окръг”
- Cebuano: “Powiat bocheński”
- Chinese: “Bochnia Kūn”
- Chinese: “博赫尼亞縣”
- Czech: “Okres Bochnia”
- Dutch: “Bochnia”
- Dutch: “Powiat Bochenski”
- Dutch: “Powiat Bocheński”
- Esperanto: “distrikto Bochnia”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Bochnia”
- Esperanto: “powiat Bocheński”
- Estonian: “Bochnia maakond”
- Finnish: “Bochnian piirikunta”
- French: “Bochnia”
- French: “Powiat de Bochnia”
- German: “Powiat Bochenski”
- German: “Powiat Bocheński”
- Greek: “Πόβιατ Μπόχνια”
- Hebrew: “מחוז בוכניה”
- Irish: “Contae Bochnia”
- Italian: “distretto di Bochnia”
- Italian: “Distretto di Bochnia”
- Italian: “Powiat bocheński”
- Japanese: “ボフニャ郡”
- Javanese: “Powiat Bochnia”
- Korean: “보흐니아군”
- Latvian: “Bohņas apriņķis”
- Latvian: “Powiat bocheński”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bocheński Kūn”
- Persian: “شهرستان بوخنگا”
- Polish: “powiat bocheński”
- Polish: “Powiat bocheński”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Bochenski”
- Portuguese: “Condado de bocheński”
- Portuguese: “condado de Bochnia”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Bochnia”
- Romanian: “Powiatul Bochnia”
- Russian: “Бохнявский повет”
- Sardinian: “distretto de Bochnia”
- Slovak: “Powiat bocheński”
- Slovenian: “Bochnijsko okrožje”
- Slovenian: “Powiat Bocheński”
- South Azerbaijani: “بوخنقا”
- Spanish: “condado de Bochnia”
- Spanish: “Condado de Bochnia”
- Swedish: “Bochnia powiat”
- Turkish: “Bochnia ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Bochnia İlçesi”
- Turkish: “Bochnia”
- Ukrainian: “Бохенський повіт”
- Ukrainian: “Бохнянський повіт”
- Vietnamese: “Bocheński”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bochnia County”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bochnia”
- Welsh: “Sir Bochnia”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kolanów and Chodenice.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wisnicz - Zamek and Niepołomice Forest.
Małopolskie: Must-Visit Destinations
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