Klimkówka k is a village

Village

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 in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmiec, within Nowy Sącz County

Nowy Sacz County

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, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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, at the western end of the Low Beskid Mountains

Low Beskids

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, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Chełmiec, 7 km (4 mi) north-east of Nowy Sącz

Nowy Sacz

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, and 72 km (45 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków

Kraków

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The village has a population of 275 (2004).

Klimkówka was founded on the initiative of the powerful Wielogłów family at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries: its fortunes reflected those of the dynasty for the next three centuries.