Klimkówka, Nowy Sącz County Explained

Klimkówka
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Nowy Sącz
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Chełmiec
Coordinates:49.6783°N 20.7308°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:top
Population Total:275

Klimkówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmiec, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, at the western end of the Low Beskid Mountains, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 8km (05miles) north-east of Chełmiec, 70NaN0 north-east of Nowy Sącz, and 720NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

The village had a population of 275 in 2004.

Klimkówka was founded on the initiative of the powerful Wielogłów family at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, its fortunes reflected those of the dynasty for the next three centuries.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.