Łodygowice | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Żywiec |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Łodygowice |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 13th century |
Coordinates: | 49.7167°N 27°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Elevation M: | 370 |
Population Total: | 6925 |
Website: | http://www.lodygowice.com.pl/ |
Łodygowice is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łodygowice.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) north-west of Żywiec and 600NaN0 south of the regional capital Katowice.
It is one of the oldest villages in Żywiec Basin. It was established in the 13th century, and in the early 14th century belonged to the Cistercian monastery in Rudy.