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    (2019). It is situated within the Silesian Voivodeship, near the Żywiec Lake and Żywiec Landscape Park, one of the eight protected areas in the voivodeship...
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    of Żywiec is 31,194 and the rural population is 121,683. The county includes part of the protected area known as Żywiec Landscape Park. Żywiec County is...
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    Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Wieprz, 8 km (5 mi) south of Żywiec,...
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    Gmina Lipowa, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Żywiec and 66 km (41 mi)...
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    village in the administrative district of Gmina Łodygowice, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres...
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    Gilowice [ɡilɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district)...
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    Gmina Lipowa, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Żywiec and 62 km (39 mi)...
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  • Cec Linder (category People from Żywiec County)
    Cecil Yekuthial Linder (March 10, 1921 – April 10, 1992) was a Polish-born Canadian film and television actor. He was Jewish and managed to escape Poland...
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    Among the last ones the Southern part was included in Kraków Voivodeship Żywiec (Saybusch), Wilamowice (Wilmesau), Biała Krakowska (Biala) and Jaworzno)...
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    Żywiec Lake (Polish: Jezioro Żywieckie) is a reservoir on the Soła river in southern Poland, near the town of Żywiec. It was created in 1966, when several...
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    Greater German Reich, notably some 18,000–20,000 ethnic Poles from Żywiec County, in Polish Silesia, effected in Action Saybusch. The Nazi invasion of...
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    Saybusch, Polish: Akcja Żywiec) was the mass expulsion of some 18,000–20,000 ethnic Gorals from the territory of Żywiec County in the area annexed to the...
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    in 1416. The first recorded recipe for Oscypek was issued in 1748 in the Żywiec area. There is also a smaller form called redykołka, known as the 'younger...
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    Zawoja. Sucha County is bordered by Żywiec County to the west, Wadowice County to the north, Myślenice County to the east and Nowy Targ County to the south-east...
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  • Mieczysław Omyła (category People from Żywiec County)
    Mieczysław Władysław Omyła (born 1941) is a Polish professor of humanities, logician, philosopher. He is a lecturer in logic and philosophy at the Cardinal...
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  • Augustyn Dziedzic (category People from Żywiec County)
    Augustyn Dziedzic (31 January 1928 – 5 May 2008) was a Polish weightlifter. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Evans...
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    Żar (mountain) (category Żywiec County)
    Żar is a mountain in the mountain range of Little Beskids in southern Poland, 761 m above the sea level. Below the mountain is an artificial lake (the...
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  • Wiesław Małyszko (category People from Żywiec County)
    Wiesław Małyszko (born 7 December 1970) is a Polish boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...
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  • Jerzy Koryciak (category People from Żywiec County)
    Jerzy Koryciak (born 7 March 1954) is a Polish cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 30 kilometre event at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...
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    Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén County in the North. Hajdú–Bihar and Békés County in the East. Csongrád County in the South. Bács–Kiskun and Pest County in the West. The county's coat...
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    Bielsko-Biała, Bielsko County is also bordered by Pszczyna County and Oświęcim County to the north, Wadowice County to the east, Żywiec County to the south, and...
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    Krzysztof Biegun (category People from Żywiec County)
    Krzysztof Biegun (born 21 May 1994) is a Polish ski jumper. Biegun's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in February 2013 in Oberstdorf. On 24...
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    Wojciech Tyc (category People from Żywiec County)
    Wojciech Tyc (born 15 July 1955 in Milówka) is a former Polish football player. He played once for Poland. Kadra.pl Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire...
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    Lipowa, Silesian Voivodeship (category Villages in Żywiec County)
    kilometres (5 mi) west of Żywiec and 64 km (40 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice. It is one of the oldest villages in Żywiec Basin. It was established...
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    Sucha Beskidzka (category Sucha County)
    belonged to Kraków Voivodeship, and was part of Żywiec County (later the town was transferred to Wadowice County). In 1922–1939, the castle belonged to the...
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    000–20,000 Poles from Żywiec County were forced to leave their homes in what became known as the Action Saybusch (German name for Żywiec). Bach-Zelewski provided...
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    Wadowice County is bordered by Chrzanów County to the north, Kraków County and Myślenice County to the east, Sucha County to the south, Żywiec County to the...
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    Maciej Kreczmer (category People from Żywiec County)
    Maciej Kreczmer (born 4 April 1981 in Rajcza) is a Polish cross-country skier who has competed since 1999. His best individual finish at the FIS Nordic...
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  • Anna Gębala-Duraj (category People from Żywiec County)
    Anna Gębala-Duraj (born 25 May 1949) is a Polish cross-country skier. She competed at the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Winter Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde...
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    Węgierska Górka (category Villages in Żywiec County)
    south-west of Żywiec and 72 km (45 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice. Węgierska Górka is located among the hills of the Żywiec Beskids, on the...
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