Jabłonka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Jabłonka
Village
Jabłonka
Jabłonka
Coordinates: 49°28′48″N 19°41′36″E / 49.48000°N 19.69333°E / 49.48000; 19.69333Coordinates: 49°28′48″N 19°41′36″E / 49.48000°N 19.69333°E / 49.48000; 19.69333
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lesser Poland
County Nowy Targ
Gmina Jabłonka
Population 4,400

Jabłonka [jaˈbwɔnka] (Slovak: Jablonka) is a village in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jabłonka. It lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of Nowy Targ and 67 km (42 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków .[1] The village has a population of 4,400.

The village lies in the drainage basin of the Black Sea (through Orava, Váh and Danube rivers), in the historical region of Orava (Polish: Orawa, Hungarian: Árva county), which since the Middle Ages until the end of the First World War belonged to Kingdom of Hungary.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


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