Klimkówka, Nowy Sącz County

Klimkówka
Village
Klimkówka
Coordinates: 49°40′40″N 20°44′1″E / 49.67778°N 20.73361°E / 49.67778; 20.73361
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lesser Poland
County Nowy Sącz County
Gmina Chełmiec
Population 275

Klimkówka [klʲimˈkufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmiec, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, at the western end of the Low Beskid Mountains, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Chełmiec, 7 km (4 mi) north-east of Nowy Sącz, and 72 km (45 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

The village had a population of 275 in 2004.

Klimkówka was founded on the initiative of the powerful Wielogłów family at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, its fortunes reflected those of the dynasty for the next three centuries.

References

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


Coordinates: 49°40′40″N 20°44′1″E / 49.67778°N 20.73361°E / 49.67778; 20.73361


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