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Gmina Milówka is a rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Żywiec County
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Żywiec County ( pl, powiat żywiecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Pol ...
,
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital.
Despite the Silesian V ...
, in southern
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Milówka, which lies approximately south-west of
Żywiec
Żywiec () (german: Saybusch) is a town in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship.It is the capital of Ż ...
and south of the regional capital
Katowice.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 10,052.
Villages
Gmina Milówka contains the villages and settlements of
Kamesznica,
Laliki,
Milówka,
Nieledwia and
Szare.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Milówka is bordered by the town of
Wisła
Wisła (; german: Weichsel; cs, Visla) is a town in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, with a population of about 11,132 (2019), near the border with Czech Republic. It is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range in t ...
and by the gminas of
Istebna
Istebna is a large village and the seat of Gmina Istebna, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The village is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range, near the borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in the histo ...
,
Radziechowy-Wieprz,
Rajcza,
Ujsoły and
Węgierska Górka.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Milówka is
twinned with:
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Kóny
Kóny is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary. It is around 20 km west of Győr
Győr ( , ; german: Raab, links=no; names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County a ...
, Hungary
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Markaz, Hungary
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Milíkov, Czech Republic
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Topoľníky, Slovakia
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Valentigney
Valentigney () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Valentigney is best known as the place where Peugeot began operations; several members of the Peugeot family still live in the area.
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, France
References
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Milowka
Żywiec County