Nowy Sącz
Nowy Sącz (Hungarian: Újszandec; Yiddish: Tzanz, צאנז; Ukrainian: Новий Сонч ; German: Neu Sandez) 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 | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
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 (44th) |
• 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