Zakliczyn

Zakliczyn

Coat of arms
Zakliczyn
Coordinates:
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lesser Poland
County Tarnów
Gmina Zakliczyn
Government
 • Mayor Jerzy Soska
Area
 • Total 4.02 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 1,556
 • Density 387.1/km2 (1,002.5/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 32-840
Car plates KTA

Zakliczyn [zaˈklit​͡ʂɨn] is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,558 inhabitants (2006), on the right bank of the Dunajec River.

Zakliczyn had town rights from 1557 to 1934, and regained them on January 1, 2006.

In 2008 Zakliczyn was selected with 19 villages of Europe (Germany, Poland, Italy and Spain) for the Spanish documentary film Pueblos de Europa ("Villages of Europe"), produced by Juan Frutos.

Transport

Closest Airport: Kraków

Closest Railway Station: Tarnów

Regular bus services take residents to Kraków (2hrs by coach) Bochnia, Brzesko, Tarnów (40mins) & Nowy Sącz (30mins) as well as many small villages in between.

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