Milówka
Encyclopedia
Milówka m is a village
in Żywiec County
, Silesian Voivodeship
, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
(administrative district) called Gmina Milówka
. It lies It is situated in Żywiec Beskids
mountain range, approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Żywiec
and 78 km (48 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice
.
The village has a population of approximately 4,300. Well-known Polish musical group Golec uOrkiestra
hails from here.
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 Żywiec County
Zywiec County
Żywiec County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Żywiec,...
, Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...
, 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 Milówka
Gmina Milówka
Gmina Milówka is a rural gmina in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Milówka, which lies approximately south-west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....
. It lies It is situated in Żywiec Beskids
Zywiec Beskids
The Żywiec Beskids is a mountain range in the Outer Eastern Carpathians in southern Poland. It is the second highest range in Poland, after the Tatra Mountains. The highest peak is Babia Góra and Pilsko .- References :...
mountain range, approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Żywiec
Zywiec
Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....
and 78 km (48 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...
.
The village has a population of approximately 4,300. Well-known Polish musical group Golec uOrkiestra
Golec uOrkiestra
Golec uOrkiestra is a Polish folk-rock group, founded in 1998 in southern village of Milówka near Żywiec by two brothers – Paweł and Łukasz Golec, after whom it is named. First lineup consisted of eight musicians, and the band performed mostly during holidays, also in local clubs...
hails from here.