| Żegocina | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bochnia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Żegocina |
| Coordinates: | 49.8167°N 45°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1670 |
| Website: | www.zegocina.pl |
Żegocina is a village and sołectwo in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Żegocina. It lies on road number 965, approximately 21km (13miles) south of Bochnia and 460NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[2]
The settlement was founded by Wierzbięta in the 12th century. A church was established in 1293 by the knight Zbigniew Żegota, of the clan Topór.[3]