Bogusza b is a village in southern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Kamionka Wielka

Kamionka Wielka

Kamionka Wielka is a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kamionka Wielka. It lies approximately south-east of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 2,925.-References:...

, 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Nowy Sącz

Nowy Sacz

Nowy Sącz is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County, but is not included within the powiat.-Names:...

, and 88 km (55 mi) south-east 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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Geography

Bogusza is located in a mountain valley in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...

, along a stream named the Królówka, in the county of Nowy Sącz

Nowy Sacz County

Nowy Sącz 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...

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History

The town was essentially de-populated after World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 in Operation Vistula in 1947.

Monuments

The town is the site of the wooden church of St. Demetrius, built in 1858.