Bystra, Sucha County
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Bystra ' is a village
in Sucha County
, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
(administrative district) called Gmina Bystra-Sidzina
. It lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Sucha Beskidzka
and 50 km (31 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków
.
The village has a population of 2,900.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Sucha County
Sucha County
Sucha County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sucha Beskidzka, which lies south-west of the regional capital Kraków...
, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...
, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
Gmina
The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...
(administrative district) called Gmina Bystra-Sidzina
Gmina Bystra-Sidzina
Gmina Bystra-Sidzina is a rural gmina in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bystra; it also contains the village of Sidzina....
. It lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Sucha Beskidzka
Sucha Beskidzka
-Famous people from Sucha Beskidzka:* Billy Wilder* Walery Goetel - geologist and palaeontologist; researcher of geological structure of the Tatra Mountains-Twin towns — sister cities:...
and 50 km (31 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
.
The village has a population of 2,900.