Moszczenica, Bochnia County
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Moszczenica m is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Bochnia
, within Bochnia County
, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Bochnia
and 31 km (19 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków
.
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 Bochnia
Gmina Bochnia
Gmina Bochnia is a rural gmina in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Bochnia, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....
, within Bochnia County
Bochnia County
Bochnia County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. 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 Bochnia, which lies ...
, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...
, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Bochnia
Bochnia
Bochnia is a town of 30,000 inhabitants on the river Raba in southern Poland. The town lies approximately in halfway [] between Tarnów and the regional capital Kraków . Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built circa 1248...
and 31 km (19 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...
.