Zywiec is a town on the Sola River in southern Poland, with 31,194 inhabitants as of 2019. It sits within the Silesian Voivodeship, near Zywiec Lake and Zywiec Landscape Park, one of eight protected areas in the voivodeship. Historically and culturally the town is part of the Lesser Poland region and is the capital of the Zywiecczyzna region, which belongs ethnically to the Goral Lands.
Facts
Founding Year Founding Year Sources
1. GeoNames: Żywiec
GeoNames geonameid 3079855 (Żywiec), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Żywiec (Wikipedia)
Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1308
Żywiec was first mentioned in a written document in 1308 as a seat of a Catholic parish.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1308
Żywiec was first mentioned in a written document in 1308 as a seat of a Catholic parish.
Source text, founding-year: 1308
Żywiec was first mentioned in a written document in 1308 as a seat of a Catholic parish.
View the SourceZywiec (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.