Bystra ' is a village

Village

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 in the administrative district of Gmina Wilkowice

Gmina Wilkowice

Gmina Wilkowice is a rural gmina in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Wilkowice, which lies approximately south of Bielsko-Biała and south of the regional capital Katowice...

, within Bielsko County

Bielsko County

Bielsko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Bielsko-Biała, although the city...

, Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship

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, in southern Poland. The village has a population of 3,887.

It was formerly (until 1956) two separate villages: Bystra Krakowska (Cracovian

Kraków

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 Bystra), historically in Galicia, and Bystra Śląska (Silesian Bystra), historically in Cieszyn Silesia

Cieszyn Silesia

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. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Wilkowice

Wilkowice, Bielsko County

Wilkowice is a village in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wilkowice. It lies approximately south of Bielsko-Biała and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, 8 km (5 mi) south of Bielsko-Biała

Bielsko-Biała

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, and 55 km (34 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

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It lies on the Biała River.