Jaworzynka

is a village in Gmina Istebna, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The village is situated in the Beskid Śląski mountain range, near Poland's borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Jaworzynka
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Jaworzynka Trzycatek.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Southern tip of Jaworzynka village
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Cieszyn
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Istebna
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Paweł Rucki
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 22.15
Settlement.population_as_of: 2012
Settlement.population_total: 3196

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Official name: Jaworzynka
Country: Poland
Located in: Gmina Istebna
Population: 3300
Area: 22.15
Elevation: 630
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Image: Jaworzynka Trzycatek.jpg

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Commons category: Jaworzynka, Silesian Voivodeship
Commons gallery: Jaworzynka (województwo śląskie)
postal code: 43-476
male population: 1644
female population: 1656
native label: Jaworzynka

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Emigration
Notable people
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The village's name is a toponym, deriving from the Polish word for sycamore trees (jawor) in its diminuitive form (jaworzyna).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jaworzynka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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