Bochnia County

Bochnia County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in , southern . It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.
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  • Type: powiat with 107,000 residents
  • Description: powiat of Poland
  • Also known as: “Bochnia İlçesi”, “Bochnijsko okrožje”, “Condado de Bochenski”, “Condado de bocheński”, “Powiat bochenski”, “Powiat Bochenski”, “powiat Bocheński”, and “Бохнянський повіт”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Salt Mine in Bochnia and Bochnia railway station.

Protected area
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The Bochnia Salt Mine in , Poland, is one…

Railway station
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is a railway station in , .

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bochnia and Nowy Wiśnicz.

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is a town of almost 30,000 people…

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is a historic town in Lesser Poland…

Village
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is a village in southern , situated… is situated 4 km west of Bochnia County.

Bochnia County

Latitude
49.9691° or 49° 58′ 9″ north
Longitude
20.4308° or 20° 25′ 51″ east
Population
107,000
Elevation
216 metres (709 feet)
Open location code
8GX2XC9J+J8
Geo­Names ID
6690149
Wiki­data ID
Q1147589
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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: “博赫尼亞縣”
  • Czech: “Okres Bochnia”
  • Dutch: “Bochnia”
  • Dutch: “Powiat Bocheński”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Bochnia”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Bochnia”
  • Estonian: “Bochnia maakond”
  • Finnish: “Bochnian piirikunta”
  • French: “Bochnia”
  • French: “Powiat de Bochnia”
  • German: “Powiat Bocheński”
  • Greek: “Πόβιατ Μπόχνια”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז בוכניה”
  • Irish: “Contae Bochnia”
  • Italian: “distretto di Bochnia”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Bochnia”
  • Japanese: “ボフニャ郡”
  • Javanese: “Powiat Bochnia”
  • Korean: “보흐니아군”
  • Latvian: “Bohņas apriņķis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bocheński Kūn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bochnia Kūn”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بوخنگا”
  • Polish: “powiat bocheński”
  • Polish: “Powiat bocheński”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Bochnia”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Bochnia”
  • Romanian: “Powiatul Bochnia”
  • Russian: “Бохнявский повет”
  • Sardinian: “distretto de Bochnia”
  • Slovak: “Powiat bocheński”
  • Slovenian: “Powiat Bocheński”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بوخنقا”
  • Spanish: “condado de Bochnia”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Bochnia”
  • Swedish: “Bochnia powiat”
  • Turkish: “Bochnia ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Bochnia”
  • Ukrainian: “Бохенський повіт”
  • Urdu: “بوخنیا کاؤنٹی”
  • Urdu: “بوکنیا کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Bocheński”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bochnia”
  • Welsh: “Sir Bochnia”

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