Sucha Beskidzka
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| Coordinates: 49°44′25″N 19°35′19″E / 49.74028°N 19.58861°E | |||
| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland | ||
| County | Sucha | ||
| Gmina | Sucha Beskidzka (urban gmina) | ||
| Established | 1405 | ||
| Town rights | 1896 | ||
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| • Mayor | Stanisław Lichosyt | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 27.46 km2 (10.6 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 350 m (1,148 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 9,726 | ||
| • Density | 354.2/km2 (917.3/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 34-200 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 33 | ||
| Car plates | KSU | ||
| Website | http://www.sucha-beskidzka.pl | ||
Sucha Beskidzka [ˈsuxa bɛsˈkʲit͡ska] (before 1961 called only Sucha) is a town in the Beskid Żywiecki mountain range in southern Poland. It is the county seat of Sucha County. It has been in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999; previously it was in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975–1998).
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[edit] History
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The town flourished towards the end of the 19th century after it became a major railway junction, with routes to Kraków, Zakopane and Żywiec.
Since the beginning of the 20th century Sucha Beskidzka has been a tourist centre for the Beskidy Mountains (part of the Carpathians).
In the town there are fine examples of old architecture: a Renaissance castle (16th century), named Little Wawel after the royal palace in Kraków; a church with a cloister (17th century); and an old wooden inn, called Rzym (Rome) (18th century).
[edit] Education
In the town, there are two higher education schools:
- The Foreign Language Teacher Training College (Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych, NKJO (Polish))
- The Higher School of Tourism and Ecology (Wyższa Szkoła Turystyki i Ekologii, WSTiE)
| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1827 | 1,811 | — |
| 1848 | 1,842 | +1.7% |
| 1870 | 2,280 | +23.8% |
| 1900 | 4,214 | +84.8% |
| 1921 | 5,151 | +22.2% |
| 1931 | 6,004 | +16.6% |
| 1939 | 6,250 | +4.1% |
| 1946 * | 5,866 | −6.1% |
| 1960 | 6,599 | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 7,751 | +17.5% |
| 1980 | 8,735 | +12.7% |
| 1989 | 9,754 | +11.7% |
| 2001 | 9,810 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 9,737 | −0.7% |
| * Approx. 400 Jews killed during World War II.[citation needed] |
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[edit] Famous people from Sucha Beskidzka
- Billy Wilder
- Walery Goetel - geologist and palaeontologist; researcher of geological structure of the Tatra Mountains
[edit] International relations
[edit] Twin towns — sister cities
Sucha Beskidzka is twinned with:
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sucha Beskidzka |
- Official website of the town (Polish)
- Official website of the Sucha Beskidzka county (Polish)
- Jewish Community in Sucha Beskidzka on Virtual Shtetl
Coordinates: 49°44′N 19°36′E / 49.733°N 19.6°E
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