Klimkówka, Nowy Sącz County

For other places with the same name, see Klimkówka.

Klimkówka
Village
Klimkówka
Coordinates: 49°40′40″N 20°44′1″E / 49.67778°N 20.73361°E / 49.67778; 20.73361
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Nowy Sącz County
Gmina	Chełmiec
Population	275

Klimkówka [klʲimˈkufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmiec, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, at the western end of the Low Beskid Mountains, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Chełmiec, 7 km (4 mi) north-east of Nowy Sącz, and 72 km (45 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.^[1]

The village had a population of 275 in 2004.

Klimkówka was founded on the initiative of the powerful Wielogłów family at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, its fortunes reflected those of the dynasty for the next three centuries.

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Chełmiec

Seat	Chełmiec

Other villages	Biczyce Dolne Biczyce Górne Boguszowa Chomranice Dąbrowa Januszowa Klęczany Klimkówka Krasne Potockie Kunów Kurów Librantowa Marcinkowice Naściszowa Niskowa Paszyn Piątkowa Rdziostów Świniarsko Trzetrzewina Ubiad Wielogłowy Wielopole Wola Kurowska Wola Marcinkowska

Coordinates: 49°40′40″N 20°44′1″E / 49.67778°N 20.73361°E / 49.67778; 20.73361

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