Wieliczka County

Wieliczka 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 125,000 residents
  • Description: powiat of Poland
  • Also known as: “powiat wielicki”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wieliczka Salt Mine and Żupny Castle.

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The is a salt mine in the town of , near in southern . From Neolithic times, sodium chloride was produced there from the upwelling brine.

Museum
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is a Gothic castle, the former headquarters of the and Salt Mine. The castle is located in the former mine complex and was designated as part of the and UNESCO World Heritage Site, since an expansion in 2013.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wieliczka and Lednica Górna.

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is a town near in Province in southern Poland. It's best known for its ancient salt mines, which are now a museum.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within Wieliczka County, , in southern Poland. , as well as the nearby town of are among the last places in Poland where the Easter tradition of Siuda Baba is still practised.

Village
is a in the administrative district of , within Wieliczka County, , in southern Poland.

Wieliczka County

Latitude
49.9857° or 49° 59′ 9″ north
Longitude
20.0549° or 20° 3′ 18″ east
Population
125,000
Elevation
232 metres (761 feet)
Open location code
8GX2X3P3+7X
Geo­Names ID
6690166
Wiki­data ID
Q609424
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Wieliczka County” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Wieliczka barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “Вяліцкі павет”
  • Bulgarian: “Велички окръг”
  • Catalan: “Wieliczka”
  • Cebuano: “Powiat wielicki”
  • Chinese: “Wieliczka Kūn”
  • Chinese: “維利奇卡縣”
  • Czech: “Okres Wieliczka”
  • Dutch: “powiat wielicki”
  • Dutch: “Powiat Wielicki”
  • Dutch: “Wieliczka”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Wieliczka”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Wieliczka”
  • Esperanto: “powiat wielicki”
  • Estonian: “Wieliczka maakond”
  • Finnish: “Wieliczkan piirikunta”
  • French: “Powiat de Wieliczka”
  • French: “powiat wielicki”
  • French: “Wieliczka”
  • German: “powiat wielicki”
  • German: “Powiat Wielicki”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז וייליצ’קה”
  • Hungarian: “Wieliczka megye”
  • Indonesian: “Kabupaten Wieliczka”
  • Irish: “Contae Wieliczka”
  • Italian: “distretto di Wieliczka”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Wieliczka”
  • Italian: “powiat wielicki”
  • Javanese: “Powiat Wieliczka”
  • Korean: “비엘리치카군”
  • Latvian: “Veličkas apriņķis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wielicki Kūn”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ویلیچکا”
  • Polish: “powiat wielicki”
  • Polish: “Powiat wielicki”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Wieliczka”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Wieliczka”
  • Portuguese: “powiat wielicki”
  • Romanian: “Powiatul Wieliczka”
  • Russian: “Величский повет”
  • Russian: “Величский повят”
  • Sardinian: “distretto de Wieliczka”
  • Slovak: “Powiat wielicki”
  • Slovenian: “Powiat Wielicki”
  • Slovenian: “Wieliško okrožje”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویلیچکا”
  • Spanish: “condado de Wieliczka”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Wieliczka”
  • Spanish: “powiat wielicki”
  • Swedish: “Wieliczka powiat”
  • Turkish: “Wieliczka ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Wieliczka İlçesi”
  • Turkish: “Wieliczka”
  • Ukrainian: “Велицький повіт”
  • Vietnamese: “Wielicki”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wieliczka”
  • Welsh: “Sir Wieliczka”

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