Żywiec County

Żywiec 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 153,000 residents
  • Description: powiat of Poland
  • Also known as: “condado de żywiecki”, “Distretto di Zywiec”, “distrikto Zywiec”, “Powiat zywiecki”, “Powiat Zywiecki”, “Powiat żywiecki”, “Zywiec ilçesi”, “Zywiec İlçesi”, “Żywiec ilçesi”, “Żywiec İlçesi”, “Żywiecký okres”, “Живецки окръг”, “Живецкий повят”, “Живєцкий повіт”, and “Живєцький повіт”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary church in Juszczyna and Kaplica Matki Boskiej Częstochowskiej na Butorzonce.

Church
Photo: Kokorik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
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is a church.

Mountain hut
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain hut, which is situated 3½ km south of Żywiec County.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Przybędza.

Village
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is a in the administrative district… is situated 6 km west of Żywiec County.

Żywiec County

Latitude
49.6115° or 49° 36′ 41″ north
Longitude
19.2137° or 19° 12′ 49″ east
Population
153,000
Elevation
762 metres (2,500 feet)
Open location code
8FXXJ667+HF
Geo­Names ID
7531036
Wiki­data ID
Q1134112
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Żywiec County” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Żywiec barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “Жывецкі павет”
  • Bulgarian: “Живешки окръг”
  • Catalan: “Żywiecki”
  • Cebuano: “Powiat żywiecki”
  • Chinese: “日維茨縣”
  • Czech: “Okres Żywiec”
  • Dutch: “Powiat Żywiecki”
  • Dutch: “Żywiec”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Żywiec”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Żywiec”
  • Estonian: “Żywieci maakond”
  • Finnish: “Żywiecin piirikunta”
  • French: “Powiat de Żywiec”
  • French: “Żywiec”
  • German: “Powiat Żywiecki”
  • Greek: “Πόβιατ Ζίβιετς”
  • Irish: “Contae Żywiec”
  • Italian: “distretto di Żywiec”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Żywiec”
  • Japanese: “ジヴィエツ郡”
  • Javanese: “Powiat Żywiec”
  • Korean: “지비에츠군”
  • Latvian: “Živecas apriņķis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Żywiec Kūn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Żywiecki Kūn”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ژویتس”
  • Polish: “powiat żywiecki”
  • Polish: “Powiat żywiecki”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Żywiec”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Żywiec”
  • Russian: “Живецкий повет”
  • Sardinian: “distretto de Żywiec”
  • Slovak: “Powiat żywiecki”
  • Spanish: “distrito de Żywiec”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Żywiec”
  • Ukrainian: “Живецький повіт”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Powiat żywiecki”
  • Vietnamese: “Żywiecki”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Żywiec”
  • Welsh: “Sir Żywiec”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Juszczyna and Bystra.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Skała and Abrahamów.

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