Bukowina-Osiedle is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Raba Wyżna
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Gmina Raba Wyżna is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Raba Wyżna, which lies approximately north-west of Nowy Targ and south of the ...
, within
Nowy Targ County
Nowy Targ County ( pl, powiat nowotarski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish ...
,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopolskie ), also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of
3,404,863 (2019).
It was created on 1 ...
, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of
Raba Wyżna
Raba Wyżna is a village in Poland, situated in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Nowy Targ County. It is a seat of Raba Wyżna Commune. As of 2006, the village had 4116 inhabitants. Raba Wyżna is also the birthplace of Stanisław Dziwisz, trusted s ...
, north-west of
Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital
Kraków.
The village lies in the
drainage basin of the
Black Sea (through
Orava,
Váh and
Danube rivers), in the historical region of
Orava (Polish: ''Orawa'').
History
The area became part of Poland in the 10th or early 11th century, and later it passed to
Hungary. In the late 19th century, 878
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...
lived in the village.
It became again part of Poland following
World War I. During
World War II, from 1939 to 1945, it was
occupied by the
Slovak Republic
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
.
References
Villages in Nowy Targ County
Orava (region)
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