Cieszyn County

Cieszyn County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in , southern , on the and 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 178,000 residents
  • Description: powiat of Poland
  • Also known as: Powiat cieszynski
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ustroń train station and Muzeum Ustrońskie imienia Jana Jarockiego.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ustroń and Goleszów.

is a mountain resort in the of southern Poland, 82 km south of Katowice, with a population of 16,000 in 2022. Poland's largest river, the Wisła or Vistula, arises nearby in these mountains.

Village
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is a village and the seat of in Cieszyn County in , southern . The name of the village is possessive in origin, derived from a personal name Golesz. is situated 4 km west of Cieszyn County.

Village
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is a village in , Cieszyn County, , southern , close to the border with the . In 2008 it had a population of 1,705.

Cieszyn County

Latitude
49.7263° or 49° 43′ 35″ north
Longitude
18.7915° or 18° 47′ 29″ east
Population
178,000
Elevation
358 metres (1,175 feet)
Open location code
8FXWPQGR+GH
Geo­Names ID
7530808
Wiki­data ID
Q1140732
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Cieszyn County” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Cieszyn barrutia
  • Belarusian: Цяшынскі павет
  • Bulgarian: Чешински окръг
  • Cebuano: Powiat cieszyński
  • Chinese: Cieszyn Kūn
  • Chinese: 切申縣
  • Czech: Okres Cieszyn
  • Czech: Okres Těšín
  • Dutch: Cieszyn
  • Dutch: Powiat Cieszynski
  • Dutch: Powiat Cieszyński
  • Esperanto: distrikto Cieszyn
  • Esperanto: Distrikto Cieszyn
  • Esperanto: distrikto cieszynski
  • Estonian: Cieszyni maakond
  • Finnish: Teschen
  • Finnish: Teschenin alue
  • French: Cieszyn
  • French: Powiat de Cieszyn
  • German: Powiat Cieszynski
  • German: Powiat Cieszyński
  • Greek: Πόβιατ Τσιέσιν
  • Hungarian: Cieszyn megye
  • Indonesian: Powiat Cieszyn
  • Irish: Contae Cieszyn
  • Italian: distretto di Cieszyn
  • Italian: Distretto di Cieszyn
  • Italian: Powiat cieszyński
  • Japanese: チェシン郡
  • Javanese: Powiat Cieszyn
  • Korean: 치에신군
  • Latvian: Cešinas apriņķis
  • Latvian: Powiat cieszyński
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cieszyński Kūn
  • Persian: شهرستان چیشن
  • Polish: powiat cieszyński
  • Polish: Powiat cieszyński
  • Portuguese: Condado de Cieszyn
  • Portuguese: Condado de cieszynski
  • Portuguese: Condado de Cieszyński
  • Russian: Цешинский повет
  • Russian: Цешинский повят
  • Russian: Цешиньский повят
  • Sardinian: distretto de Cieszyn
  • Slovak: Powiat cieszyński
  • South Azerbaijani: چیشن
  • Spanish: Distrito de Cieszyn
  • Turkish: Cieszyn ilçesi
  • Turkish: Cieszyn İlçesi
  • Ukrainian: Цешинський повіт
  • Ukrainian: Цєшинський повіт
  • Upper Sorbian: Powiat cieszyński
  • Vietnamese: Cieszyński
  • Waray (Philippines): Cieszyn County
  • Waray (Philippines): Cieszyn
  • Welsh: Sir Cieszyn

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Notable Places Nearby

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