Lachowice

Lachowice is a village in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is a sołectwo within the administrative district called Gmina Stryszawa.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Lachowice
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.total_type:  
Settlement.image_skyline: Lachowice - kościół św. Piotra i Pawła 1.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Saints Peter and Paul church
Settlement.image_shield: POL Lachowice COA.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lesser Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Sucha
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Stryszawa
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1670
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.elevation_min_m: 390

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Contents

Geography
Integral parts
Etymology
History
Village's origins
Austrian Partition
Second Polish Republic
World War II
Modern Poland
Transport
Tourism
Religion
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Lachowice is a village in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is a sołectwo within the administrative district called Gmina Stryszawa.

== Geography == The village is located in the western part of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, close to the border with the Silesian Voivodeship. It is the second biggest village of Gmina Stryszawa. It is situated in the historical Lesser Poland region, between the mountain ranges of Żywiec Beskids and Maków Beskids, in the valley of Lachówka, and is ethnically part of the Goral Lands. It sits in close proximity to the mountains of , , Łopuszniak, Palenica, , Solniska, Jaworzyna, and . Its neighbouring villages are Stryszawa, Kuków, Kurów, Pewelka, Hucisko, Pewel Wielka, and Koszarawa. The sołectwo of Lachowice has an area of . Its average elevation is above sea level.

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