Tatra County

Tatra County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in , southern , on the border. 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 68,000 residents
  • Description: powiat of Poland
  • Also known as: Powiat tatrzanski” and “powiat tatrzański

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Tatra Museum in Zakopane and Museum of Zakopane Style at Villa Koliba.

Museum
The Tatra Museum is a museum of the history, culture, nature and ethnography of the Polish ; its main branch is located in , .

Museum
The is a division of the , and a museum of Zakopane style. The villa was built between 1892 and 1893 in Zakopane style based on a design by Stanisław Witkiewicz.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The in , , is a historic chalet housing the Karol Szymanowski Museum, department of in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zakopane and Tatra National Park.

is a large, year-round mountain resort in Province in southern Poland. It's set in the which form the natural frontier between Poland and Slovakia.

The Tatra Mountains are a mountain range which forms a natural border between and , and are the highest mountain range in the .

Village
is a in Tatra County, , in southern , close to the border with . It is the seat of the gmina called . In 2006 the village had a population of 3,900. is situated 4½ km west of Tatra County.

Tatra County

Latitude
49.3042° or 49° 18′ 15″ north
Longitude
19.948° or 19° 56′ 53″ east
Population
68,000
Elevation
854 metres (2,802 feet)
Open location code
8FXX8W3X+M6
Geo­Names ID
6690164
Wiki­data ID
Q1147584
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Tatra County” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Տատրա կոմսություն
  • Basque: Tatra barrutia
  • Belarusian: Татранскі павет
  • Belarusian: Татшанскі павет
  • Bulgarian: Татрански окръг
  • Bulgarian: Татренски окръг
  • Bulgarian: Татшански окръг
  • Catalan: Tatra
  • Cebuano: Powiat tatrzański
  • Chinese: Tatra Kūn
  • Chinese: 塔特拉縣
  • Czech: Okres Tatra
  • Czech: Okres Tatry
  • Dutch: powiat tatrzański
  • Dutch: Powiat Tatrzański
  • Dutch: Tatra
  • Esperanto: distrikto Tatroj
  • Esperanto: Distrikto Tatroj
  • Esperanto: powiat tatrzański
  • Estonian: Tatra maakond
  • Finnish: Tatrzańskin piirikunta
  • French: powiat des Tatras
  • French: Powiat des Tatras
  • French: powiat tatrzański
  • French: Tatras
  • German: Powiat Tatrzanski
  • German: powiat tatrzański
  • German: Powiat Tatrzański
  • Greek: Πόβιατ Τάτρα
  • Hebrew: מחוז טטרה
  • Irish: Contae Tatra
  • Italian: distretto di Tatra
  • Italian: Distretto di Tatra
  • Italian: powiat tatrzański
  • Javanese: Powiat Tatra
  • Korean: 타트라군
  • Latvian: Powiat tatrzański
  • Latvian: Tatru apriņķis
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tatrzański Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tatra
  • Norwegian: Tatra
  • Persian: شهرستان تاترا
  • Polish: powiat tatrzański
  • Polish: Powiat tatrzański
  • Portuguese: Condado de Tatra
  • Portuguese: powiat tatrzański
  • Romanian: Județul Tatra
  • Romanian: Powiat tatrzański
  • Romanian: Powiatul Tatra
  • Russian: Татровский повет
  • Russian: Татровский повят
  • Sardinian: distretto de Tatra
  • Slovak: Powiat tatrzański
  • South Azerbaijani: تاترا
  • Spanish: Condado de Tatra
  • Spanish: powiat tatrzański
  • Swedish: Tatra powiat
  • Turkish: Powiat Tatrzanski
  • Turkish: Powiat Tatrzański
  • Turkish: Tatra ilçesi
  • Turkish: Tatra İlçesi
  • Turkish: Tatra
  • Ukrainian: Татранський повіт
  • Vietnamese: Tatrzański
  • Waray (Philippines): Tatra County
  • Waray (Philippines): Tatra
  • Welsh: Sir Tatra

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Furmanowa and Ligasówka.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gubałówka and Samkowa Czuba.

Małopolskie: Must-Visit Destinations

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