Żywiec
city and gmina the Silesian Voivodeship
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Summary
Żywiec is a city[1]. Żywiec draws 1,308 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #640 of 5,534).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Powiat żywiecki[3]
- Country: Poland[4]
- Continent: Europe[5]
- Instance of: gmina[6]
- Shares border with: Gmina Czernichów[7], Gmina Gilowice[8], Gmina Lipowa[9], Gmina Łękawica[10], Gmina Łodygowice[11], Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz[12], Gmina Świnna[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Unterhaching[14], Gödöllő[15], Adur[16], Riom[17], Čadca[18], Shoreham-by-Sea[19], Opava[20], Liptovský Mikuláš[21]
- Postal code: 34-300 a 34-330[22]
- Commons category: Żywiec[23]
- Licence plate code: SZY[24]
- Official website: http://www.zywiec.pl[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Żywiec[26]
- Commons gallery: Żywiec[27]
- Population: 30,334[28]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29]
- Capital of: Zywiec Region[30], Powiat żywiecki[31]
- Official name: Żywiec[32]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Żywiec[33]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Żywiec[34]
- Female population: 15,772[35]
- Male population: 14,562[36]
- Native label: Żywiec[37]
- Category for people buried here: Q60897651[38]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Żywiec[39]
- Different from: Żywiec[40], Żywiec train station[41], Dentaria[42]
- Area: 50.54 km²[43]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Żywiec include Żywiec Lake[44], a lake[45], in Poland[46], founded in 1966[47] and Żywiec Basin[48], a structural basin[49], in Poland[50].
Why It Matters
Żywiec has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Żywiec is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
Entities named for Żywiec include Żywiec Lake[44], a lake[45], in Poland[46], founded in 1966[47] and Żywiec Basin[48], a structural basin[49], in Poland[50].