Banska Nizna
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Bańska Niżna ' is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Szaflary
, within Nowy Targ County
, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Szaflary
, 8 km (5 mi) south of Nowy Targ
, and 74 km (46 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków
.
The village has a population of 1,000.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Szaflary
Gmina Szaflary
Gmina Szaflary is a rural gmina in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Szaflary, which lies approximately south of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków....
, within Nowy Targ County
Nowy Targ County
Nowy Targ County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is...
, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...
, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Szaflary
Szaflary
Szaflary is a village in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 . Szaflary has about 2,200 residents. There is a church, a fire station, and a few grocery stores in the village. The village lies along the Dunajec River.-See also:*Zakopianka*Dunajec River*Nowy...
, 8 km (5 mi) south of Nowy Targ
Nowy Targ
Nowy Targ is a town in southern Poland with 34,000 inhabitants , and the historical capital of the mountain region . The town is situated in the confluence of the rivers Biały and Czarny Dunajec, in a valley beneath the Gorce Mountains. It's in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship...
, and 74 km (46 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
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The village has a population of 1,000.