Jabłonka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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.

Jabłonka
Village
Jabłonka
Jabłonka
Coordinates: 49°28′48″N 19°41′36″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLesser Poland
CountyNowy Targ
GminaJabłonka
Population
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), which between the Middle Ages and the end of the First World War belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary.

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