Wysowa-Zdrój
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Wysowa-Zdrój w is a spa
village
in the administrative district of Gmina Uście Gorlickie
, within Gorlice County
, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
, in southern Poland
, close to the border with Slovakia
. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south of Uście Gorlickie
, 25 km (16 mi) south of Gorlice
, and 114 km (71 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków
.
The village has a population of 701.
Spa
The term spa is associated with water treatment which is also known as balneotherapy. Spa towns or spa resorts typically offer various health treatments. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters goes back to prehistoric times. Such practices have been popular worldwide, but are...
village
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 Uście Gorlickie
Gmina Uscie Gorlickie
Gmina Uście Gorlickie is a rural gmina in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border...
, within Gorlice County
Gorlice County
Gorlice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Gorlice,...
, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...
, in southern Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, close to the border with Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south of Uście Gorlickie
Uscie Gorlickie
Uście Gorlickie is a village in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Uście Gorlickie. It lies approximately south of Gorlice and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a...
, 25 km (16 mi) south of Gorlice
Gorlice
Gorlice is a city and an urban municipality in south eastern Poland with around 29,500 inhabitants . It is situated south east of Kraków and south of Tarnów between Jasło and Nowy Sącz in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship...
, and 114 km (71 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...
.
The village has a population of 701.