Nowy Sącz
Nowy Sącz (Hungarian: [Újszandec] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); Yiddish: Tzanz, צאנז; Ukrainian: Новий Сонч; German: [Neu Sandez] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a city in Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland. In 2018, 83,896 people lived there.
| Coordinates: 49°37′26″N 20°41′50″E / 49.62389°N 20.69722°ECoordinates: 49°37′26″N 20°41′50″E / 49.62389°N 20.69722°E | |
| Country | |
| Voivodeship | |
| County | city county |
| Established | 1292 |
| Town rights | 1292 |
| Government | |
| • President | Ludomir Handzel |
| Area | |
| • Total | 57 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 281 m (922 ft) |
| Population (31.12.2018) | |
| • Total | 83,896 |
| • Density | 1,460/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 33–300 to 33–308, 33–310, 33–320 |
| Car plates | KN |
| Website | http://www.nowysacz.pl |
It is at the confluence of the Kamienica River and Dunajec.
Twin towns – sister cities
Nowy Sącz is twinned with:
La Baule-Escoublac, France
Columbia County, United States
Elbląg, Poland
Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Kiskunhalas, Hungary
Massa, Italy
Narvik, Norway
Netanya, Israel
Prešov, Slovakia
Schwerte, Germany
Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia
Stryi, Ukraine
Suzhou, China
Tarnów, Poland
Trakai, Lithuania
The Wirral, England, United Kingdom
Nowy Sącz Media
Ruins of the Royal Nowy Sącz Castle
Uhlans of the 1st Brigade of the Polish Legions in Nowy Sącz in 1914
A monument in memory of the Jews of Nowy Sącz and other communities in the area who were murdered in the Holocaust. In Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv
Other websites
Media related to Nowy Sącz at Wikimedia Commons