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Żywiec

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Żywiec

Total population

30,334

Coordinates49.69°, 19.20°

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

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Overview

Żywiec is a town on the River Soła in southern Poland, with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). It is situated within the Silesian Voivodeship, near the Żywiec Lake and Żywiec Landscape Park, one of the eight protected areas in the voivodeship. Historically and culturally, the town is part of the Lesser Poland (Małopolska) region and is the capital of the Żywiecczyzna region, which is ethnically part of the Goral Lands.

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Latitude
49.6890
Longitude
19.2031
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Official Identifiers

GUS — Statistics Poland

SIMC code
0927642
Population (Wikidata)
30,334
Wikidata
Q373059

SIMC place ID via Wikidata P4046

Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • GUS — Statistics Poland — SIMC place ID via Wikidata P4046