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Wisła

Eastern Europe

Wisla is a town in Cieszyn County, in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, with a population of about 11,132 as of 2019, near the border with the Czech Republic. It lies in the Silesian Beskids mountain range, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and the ethnic region of the Silesian Gorals. The town's name is the Polish word for the Vistula River, which rises in the mountains nearby.

Facts
Population
11,379 1
Founding Year
1615 2
Climate Zone
Continental 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. GeoNames: Wisła
GeoNames geonameid 3081874 (Wisła), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Wisła (Wikipedia)
Infobox established_date/established_title
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First mentioned: 1615
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 49.75, 18.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 49.75, 18.75
49.75 18.75 Dfb
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4. GeoNames: Wisła - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3081874, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 3081874, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
49.65629 18.8591 P PPLA3 PL 83 2403 240303 11379 428 Europe/Warsaw
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Wisla (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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