Sucha Beskidzka
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| Sucha Beskidzka | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| Population | 9,750 (2004) |
| Founded | ca. 1305 |
| City rights | 1876 |
| Latitude Longitude |
49°44' N 19°29' E |
| Area | 27.46 km² |
| Density | 354.2/km² |
| Area code | +48 33 |
| Car plates | KSU |
| Twin towns | Tvrdošín, Frombork, Jászberény |
| Economy and Traffic | |
| Administration | |
| Mayor | Stanisław Lichosyt |
| Municipal Website | |
Sucha Beskidzka (before 1961 called only Sucha) is a county town in Beskid Żywiecki mountain range in the southern Poland (see: Sucha County), in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975-1998).
It developed strongly in the end of 19th century thanks to railway junction: Kraków - Sucha Beskidzka - Zakopane and Żywiec - Sucha Beskidzka.
Since the beginning of the 20th century it is the centre of the mountainous tourism in this part of the Beskidy Mountains (part of the Carpathians). In the town there are some examples of old architecture: worth seeing is the Renaissance castle (16th cent.), called Little Wawel, the church with cloister (17th cent.) and the old wooden inn, called Rzym (Rome) (18th cent.).
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[edit] Education
In the town, there is two higher education schools:
- College for the Foreign Languages Teachers (Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych, NKJO, [1])
- Higher School of the Tourism and Ecology (Wyższa Szkoła Turystyki i Ekologii, WSTiE, [2])
[edit] Population by year
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Year Population 1827 1811 1848 1842 1870 2280 1900 4214 1921 5151 1931 6004 1939 6250 1946 5866 ‡ 1960 6599 1970 7751 1980 8735 1989 9754 2001 9810 2002 9737
‡ Approximately 400 members of the Jewish population were killed during World War 2.
[edit] Famous people from Sucha Beskidzka
- Billy Wilder
- Walery Goetel
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