Kanna, Poland Explained

Kanna
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Dąbrowa
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Bolesław
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:50.2833°N 73°W
Area Total Ha:462

Kanna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bolesław, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1]

Geography

It lies approximately 3km (02miles) west of Bolesław, 150NaN0 north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, and 800NaN0 east of the regional capital Kraków.

It is in the north-eastern end of the Malopolska province, in the bend of the Wisła River in front of the mouth of Nida.

Fauna

Many animals call the village home, including; badger, marten, European pine marten, weasel, boar, moose, deer and beavers. Additionally, Hamster European can be found, a legally protected animal. The birds include the Accipitrinae, common raven, goldfinch, lesser spotted eagle, common kestrel necked, tern, northern lapwing, cormorant, corncrake and woodpecker, Eurasian eagle-owl or buzzard.

Climate

Climate areas belonging to the Sandomierz Basin are among the warmest in Poland. The average temperature inJuly is above 19 °C, average January -30 °C. The growing season is around 220 days, with annual rainfall of 600 – 700 mm.

Culture

Aa brick chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary was built in 1871. Its baroque-shaped signature tower rises high above the roofs of the village. The chapel was restored in 2007.

People work in the Song and Dance Ensemble.

The village hosts a playground.

A Volunteer Fire Department is located in the House of the People.

Transport

Microbus private lines and a buses provide transport.

The village can be reached from Cracow and Sandomierz by national . The ferry Nowy Korczyn/Borusowa crosses the Wisła. Provincial road connects with Żabno Szczucin.

Demographics

The villages hosts75 households. 13% work exclusively on farms, 80% farm + earn non-agricultural wages, and the remaining 7% are mainly non-agricultural wages and other income sources.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. http://www.wrotamalopolski.pl/NR/rdonlyres/08252034-54B3-41F8-A253-844C50E4DAA7/414259/STRATEGIARN.pdf (źródło: strategia rozwoju Gminy Bolesław-2008)