Olesno, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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Olesno o is a village
in Dąbrowa County
, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
(administrative district) called Gmina Olesno
. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska
and 74 km (46 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków
.
The village has a population of 1,708.
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 Dąbrowa County
Dabrowa County
Dąbrowa County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, which lies east...
, 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 Olesno
Gmina Olesno, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Gmina Olesno is a rural gmina in Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Olesno, which lies approximately north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska and east of the regional capital Kraków....
. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska
Dabrowa Tarnowska
Dąbrowa Tarnowska is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about north of Tarnów. It is the capital of Dąbrowa County. Before reorganization Dąbrowa Tarnowska was part of Tarnów Voivodeship . Population is 11'402...
and 74 km (46 mi) east 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 1,708.