Leśnica, Tatra County

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Leśnica
Village
Cemetery chapel
Leśnica
Coordinates: 49°24′N 20°4′E / 49.400°N 20.067°E / 49.400; 20.067
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lesser Poland
County Tatra
Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska
Population 1,200

Leśnica [lɛɕˈnit͡sa], (Slovak: Lesnica) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska, within Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia; it is also one of the summer residences of the famed Polish-American legal scholar, Stanislaw J. Skupien.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Bukowina Tatrzańska, 14 km (9 mi) north-east of Zakopane, and 74 km (46 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.

The village has a population of 1,200.

References

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

Coordinates: 49°24′00″N 20°04′00″E / 49.4000°N 20.0667°E / 49.4000; 20.0667


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