Kościelisko

Kościelisko
Village
Church of Saint Casimir
Kościelisko
Coordinates: 49°17′27″N 19°53′18″E / 49.29083°N 19.88833°E / 49.29083; 19.88833Coordinates: 49°17′27″N 19°53′18″E / 49.29083°N 19.88833°E / 49.29083; 19.88833
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Tatra
Gmina	Kościelisko
Population  (2006)
• Total	3,900

Kościelisko [kɔɕt͡ɕeˈliskɔ] is a village in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. (It was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.) It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kościelisko.^[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Zakopane and 86 km (53 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.

In 2006 the village had a population of 3,900.

Notable people[]

• Klemens Bachleda (1851-1910), Polish mountain guide and mountain rescuer, born in Kościelisko
• Stanisław Bukowski (1923-2002), Polish cross-country skier

See also[]

• Dunajec River
• Nowy Targ
• Zakopane

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External links[]

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