Gorlice

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Gorlice

Total population

26,405

Coordinates49.66°, 21.16°

Demographic figures from Statistics Poland (GUS). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Gorlice is a town and an urban municipality ("gmina") in south-eastern Poland with around 24,825 inhabitants (2025)., previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeshi (1975–1998). It is the capital of Gorlice County.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Aleksander Skrzyński

Polish politician (1882-1931)

Wacław Potocki

Polish noble

Leon Wałęga

Polish priest (1859-1933)

Aleksander Kosiba

Polish scientist (1901–1981)

L

Longin Cegielski

Polish politician (1920–1987)

W

Witold Taszycki

Poliah linguist (1898-1979)

Adam Skrzyński

Polish politician (1853-1905)

Adolf Tetmajer

politician (1813–1892)

C

Czesław Krulisch

Polish chess player (1912-1997)

E

Eliasz Wapinski

F

Franciszek Karp

G

Grażyna Kotowicz

Polish politician and deputy

S

Stanisław Korman

Polish historian

T

Tadeusz Odrowąż-Pieniążek

Polish officer

W

Władysław Augustyn

Polish chemist

Z

Zbigniew Zaremba

Polish actor (1926-2009)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Lesser Poland

• Amesbury Town
  4141.7 mi away
• Boxford
  4151.4 mi away · pop. 2,284
• Danvers
  4154.3 mi away
• Methuen Town
  4155.2 mi away
• Peabody
  4156.8 mi away · pop. 54,695
• Harwich Center
  4161.1 mi away · pop. 1,774
• South Dennis
  4163.8 mi away · pop. 3,899
• Dennis
  4164.4 mi away
• Yarmouth Port
  4166.3 mi away · pop. 5,403
• Duxbury
  4168.4 mi away · pop. 1,994
• Braintree Town
  4173.2 mi away
• Randolph Town
  4176.4 mi away

Browse all places in Lesser Poland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

grass snake

Natrix natrix

Seen 2026-09-20

common soapwort

Saponaria officinalis

Seen 2026-09-20

common selfheal

Prunella vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-20

ribwort plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Seen 2026-09-20

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Seen 2026-09-20

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-20

common agrimony

Agrimonia eupatoria

Seen 2026-09-19

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-09-18

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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