Bochnia

Bochnia is a town of almost 30,000 people in Province in southern Poland, 40 km southeast of . It has a pleasant old town centre but the big attraction is its salt mine, worked since medieval times.
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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” and “Bokhnya”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Salt Mine in Bochnia and Bochnia railway station.

Protected area
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The Bochnia , Poland, is one…

Railway station
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is a railway station in Bochnia, .

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brzeźnica and Damienice.

Village
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is a in the administrative district… is situated 3½ km east of Bochnia.

Village
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is a in the administrative district… is situated 3½ km northwest of Bochnia.

Village
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is a village in southern , situated… is situated 4 km west of Bochnia.

Bochnia

Latitude
49.9694° or 49° 58′ 10″ north
Longitude
20.4305° or 20° 25′ 50″ east
Population
28,900
Elevation
218 metres (715 feet)
UN/LOCODE
PL BCA
Open location code
8GX2XC9J+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 248045354
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
775758
Wiki­data ID
Q815903
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Bochnia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوخنية”
  • Aragonese: “Bochnia”
  • Armenian: “Բոխնիա”
  • Basque: “Bochnia”
  • Belarusian: “Бохня”
  • Bulgarian: “Бохня”
  • Catalan: “Bochnia”
  • Cebuano: “Bochnia”
  • Chechen: “Бохня”
  • Chinese: “博赫尼亚”
  • Chinese: “博赫尼亞”
  • Croatian: “Bochnia”
  • Czech: “Bochnia”
  • Danish: “Bochnia”
  • Dutch: “Bochnia”
  • 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: “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: “Bohnja”
  • Serbian: “Бохња”
  • Silesian: “Bochńa”
  • Silesian: “Bochnia”
  • Slovak: “Bochnia”
  • Slovenian: “Bochnia”
  • Spanish: “Bochnia”
  • Swedish: “Bochnia”
  • Tatar: “Бохнә”
  • Thai: “บอคญา”
  • Turkish: “Bochnia”
  • Ukrainian: “Бохня”
  • Urdu: “بوخنیا”
  • Urdu: “بوخنیہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Bochnia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bochnia”

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