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Wisła
Sign in to saveWisła (; ; ; ) is a town in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, with a population of about 11,132 (2019), near the border with the Czech Republic. It is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and ethnic region of the Silesian Gorals. Wisła is the Polish name for the Vistula River, which has its source in the mountains near the town.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Wisła
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Zameczek prezydenta RP (Zamek Górny) w Wiśle 2.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Presidential Castle in Wisła in August 2013
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Wisła COA.svg
- 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
- Wisła (urban gmina)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Tomasz Bujok
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1615
- Settlement.established_title2
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1962
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
::Wisła, Miejscowość turystyczna, Perła Beskidów
wisla.pl →Link to the official site · 1,157 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban municipality of Poland
- Official name
- Wisła
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Cieszyn County
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 10887
- Area
- 110.17
- Elevation
- 513
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Vistula
- Shares border with
- Gmina Istebna
- Official website
- www.wisla.pl
- Image
- POL Wisła Jawornik pano 2.jpg
- Licence plate code
- SCI
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- Wisła
- Commons category
- Wisła
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- Wisła (town)
- twinned administrative body
- Bully-les-Mines
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wisła
- topic's main category
- Category:Wisła
- inception
- 1615-00-00
- native label
- Wisła
- postal code
- 43-460
- P8168
- Guardium
- male population
- 5227
- female population
- 5660
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Twin towns – sister cities
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Wisła (; ; ; ) is a town in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, with a population of about 11,132 (2019), near the border with the Czech Republic. It is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and ethnic region of the Silesian Gorals. Wisła is the Polish name for the Vistula River, which has its source in the mountains near the town.
It is the only town in Poland with a majority Lutheran population (as of 2006 roughly two-thirds of the population were Protestant, which is a drop from 94,4% in 1900).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wisła” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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