Nowa Biała, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Nowa Biała
Village

St. Catherine church
Nowa Biała
Coordinates: 49°27′N 20°9′E / 49.450°N 20.150°E / 49.450; 20.150
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Malopolska
County Nowy Targ
Gmina Gmina Nowy Targ
Highest elevation 620 m (2,030 ft)
Lowest elevation 600 m (2,000 ft)
Population 1,300
Website www.nowabiala.com

Nowa Biała [ˈnɔva ˈbjawa] (Hungarian: Újbéla, Slovak: Nová Belá) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Targ, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Nowy Targ and 70 km (43 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

The village is in Central European Time, or UTC +1[2][3] and has a population of 1,300.

It is one of the 14 villages in the Polish part of the historical region of Spiš (Polish: Spisz) and the only one of them lying on the left bank of the Białka river, owing to translocation of the stream in the past.[4]

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. "Nowa Biała - Poland". stad.com. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  3. "CET – Central European Time". Time and Date AS. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  4. Józef Nyka (2010). Pieniny. Przewodnik. Latchorzew. p. 95. ISBN 978-83-60078-09-9.
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Coordinates: 49°27′N 20°9′E / 49.450°N 20.150°E / 49.450; 20.150


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