Bochnia
Bochnia is a town of almost 30,000 people in Małopolskie Province in southern Poland, 40 km southeast of Kraków. It has a pleasant old town centre but the big attraction is its salt mine, worked since medieval times.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 28,900 residents
- Description: town and urban gmina in Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland
- Also known as: “Bohna”, “Bohņa”, “Bohnja”, and “Bokhnya”
Photo: Aneta Lazurek, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Salt Mine in Bochnia and Bochnia railway station.
Salt Mine in Bochnia
Protected area
Photo: Kj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bochnia Salt Mine in Bochnia, Poland, is one of the oldest salt mines in the world and is the oldest commercial company in Poland. The Bochnia salt mine was established in 1248 after salt had been discovered there in the 12th and 13th centuries and became part of the royal mining company, Żupy krakowskie.
Bochnia railway station
Railway station
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Bochnia railway station is a railway station in Bochnia, Poland. As of 2022, it is served by Koleje Małopolskie, Polregio, and PKP Intercity.
Basilica of Saint Nicholas in Bochnia
Church
Photo: Gower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Basilica of Saint Nicholas in Bochnia is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brzeźnica and Damienice.
Brzeźnica
Village
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Brzeźnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bochnia, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The village is approximately 5 kilometres south-east of Bochnia and 40 km east of the regional capital Kraków. Brzeźnica is situated 3½ km east of Bochnia.
Damienice
Village
Photo: Selso, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Damienice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bochnia, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Damienice is situated 3½ km northwest of Bochnia.
Łapczyca
Village
Photo: Reptar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Łapczyca is a village in southern Poland, situated in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, previously in Tarnów Voivodeship. Łapczyca is situated 4 km west of Bochnia.
Bochnia
- Categories: urban municipality of Poland and locality
- Location: Gmina Bochnia, Bochnia County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.9694° or 49° 58′ 10″ northLongitude
20.4305° or 20° 25′ 50″ eastPopulation
28,900Elevation
218 metres (715 feet)United Nations Location Code
PL BCAOpen location code
8GX2XC9J+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 248045354OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Bochnia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوخنية”
- Armenian: “Բոխնիա”
- Basque: “Bochnia”
- Belarusian: “Бохня”
- Bulgarian: “Бохня”
- Catalan: “Bochnia”
- Cebuano: “Bochnia”
- Chechen: “Бохня”
- Chinese: “Bochnia”
- Chinese: “博赫尼亚”
- Chinese: “博赫尼亞”
- Croatian: “Bochnia”
- Czech: “Bochnia”
- Danish: “Bochnia”
- Dutch: “Bochnia”
- Dutch: “Salzberg”
- Esperanto: “Bochnia”
- Estonian: “Bochnia”
- French: “Bochnia”
- German: “Bochnia”
- German: “Salzberg”
- Greek: “Μπόχνια”
- Hebrew: “בוכניה”
- Italian: “Bochnia”
- Japanese: “ボフニャ”
- Javanese: “Bochnia”
- Kashubian: “Bochnia”
- Korean: “보흐니아”
- Latvian: “Bochnia”
- Latvian: “Bohņa”
- Lithuanian: “Bochnia”
- Macedonian: “Бохња”
- Malay: “Bochnia”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bochnia”
- Moksha: “Бохня”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bochnia”
- Norwegian: “Bochnia”
- Persian: “بوخنگا”
- Persian: “بوخنیا”
- Polish: “Bochnia”
- Portuguese: “Bochnia”
- Romanian: “Bochnia”
- Russian: “Бохня”
- Serbian: “Bochnia”
- Serbian: “Bohnja”
- Serbian: “Бохња”
- Silesian: “Bochńa”
- Silesian: “Bochnia”
- Slovak: “Bochnia”
- Slovenian: “Bochnia”
- Spanish: “Bochnia”
- Swedish: “Bochnia”
- Tatar: “Бохнә”
- Turkish: “Bochnia”
- Ukrainian: “Бохня”
- Vietnamese: “Bochnia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bochnia”
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