Gmina Polanka Wielka

Gmina Polanka Wielka is a rural gmina in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Polanka Wielka, which lies approximately 10 kilometres south-east of Oświęcim and 46 km west of the regional capital Kraków.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Bartholomew church in Poręba Wielka and Saint John the Baptist church in Przeciszów.

Saint Bartholomew church in Poręba Wielka

Church

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Saint Bartholomew church in Poręba Wielka is situated 4 km northwest of Gmina Polanka Wielka.

Saint John the Baptist church in Przeciszów

Church

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Saint John the Baptist church in Przeciszów is situated 4 km northeast of Gmina Polanka Wielka.

Włosienica train stop

Railway stop

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Włosienica train stop is a railway stop, which is situated 4 km north of Gmina Polanka Wielka.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Polanka Wielka and Przeciszów.

Polanka Wielka

Village

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Polanka Wielka is a village in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Polanka Wielka.

Przeciszów

Village

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Przeciszów is a village in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Przeciszów. Przeciszów is situated 4 km northeast of Gmina Polanka Wielka.

Auschwitz III (Monowitz)

Locality

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Monowitz was a Nazi concentration camp and labor camp run by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland from 1942 to 1945, during World War II and the Holocaust. For most of its existence, Monowitz was a subcamp of the Auschwitz concentration camp; from November 1943 it and other Nazi subcamps in the area were jointly known as "Auschwitz III-subcamps". Auschwitz III (Monowitz) is situated 5 km northwest of Gmina Polanka Wielka.

Gmina Polanka Wielka

Type: Locality with 4,310 residents
Description: rural gmina of Poland
Category: rural municipality of Poland
Location: Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

49.985° or 49° 59′ 6″ north

Longitude

19.3241° or 19° 19′ 27″ east

Population

4,310

Elevation

249 metres (817 feet)

Open location code

8FXXX8MF+XJ

GeoNames ID

7532901

Wikidata ID

Q2118796

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Gmina Polanka Wielka” goes by many names.

Basque: “Polanka Wielka udalerria”
Belarusian: “Гміна Палянка Велька”
Belarusian: “Палянка Велька”
Cebuano: “Polanka Wielka (munisipyo)”
Cebuano: “Polanka Wielka”
Chinese: “Polanka Wielka Kong-siā”
Dutch: “Polanka Wielka”
French: “Polanka Wielka”
German: “Gmina Polanka Wielka”
Italian: “Polanka Wielka”
Min Nan Chinese: “Polanka Wielka”
Persian: “پولانکا ویلکا”
Persian: “گمینا پولانکا ویلکا”
Persian: “گمینای پولانکا ویلکا”
Polish: “gmina Polanka Wielka”
Polish: “Polanka Wielka”
Portuguese: “Comuna de Polanka Wielka”
Russian: “Полянка-Велька”
Slovak: “Gmina Polanka Wielka”
South Azerbaijani: “قمینا پولانکا ویلکا”
Swedish: “Polanka Wielka kommun”
Turkish: “Polanka Wielka”
Ukrainian: “Ґміна Полянка-Велька”
Ukrainian: “Полянка-Велька”
Waray (Philippines): “Gmina Polanka Wielka”

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