Poręba Wielka, Limanowa County
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Poręba Wielka is a
village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the administrative district of Gmina Niedźwiedź, within Limanowa County,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). Its capital and largest city is Kraków. The province's name recalls the traditional name of a h ...
, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Niedźwiedź, west of Limanowa, and south of the regional capital
Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
. Poręba Wielka is known for its thermal water deposits with health properties. The deposits were discovered in the 1970s, and their exploitation for recreational and therapeutic purposes began after 2022. Since then
Termy Gorce
has been operating in Poręba Wielka, a commercial tourist facility that uses thermal waters. The village is the cite of the Gorce National Park. Polish writer Władysław Orkan was born here.


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Villages in Limanowa County {{Limanowa-geo-stub