Chabówka | |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Nowy Targ |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Rabka-Zdrój |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 1600 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 49.6°N 75°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 34-720 |
Area Code: | +48 18 |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | KNT |
Elevation M: | 502 |
Chabówka is a village located on the outskirts of the southern Polish town of Rabka, in the Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.[1] With population of 1,600 (as for 2006), Chabówka is a popular tourist attraction because of its location near the Gorce Mountains featuring Gorce National Park.
It also is an important rail junction, situated along the main line from Kraków to Zakopane, with another connection, to Nowy Sącz, beginning in Chabówka. Near the rail station there is a railway museum, with many examples of Polish-operated locomotives and rail cars.
Chabówka shares its name with the northern Slovak village and municipality of Habovka in the Žilina Region. This is because the first settlers of Habovka came from the Polish village of Chabówka, which lent the new settlement its name.[2]