Krynica-Zdrój
Krynica-Zdrój | |
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Health resort (kurort) | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Krynica-Zdrój | |
| Coordinates: 49°24′42″N 20°57′18″E / 49.41167°N 20.95500°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| County | Nowy Sącz |
| Gmina | Krynica-Zdrój |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Piotr Ryba (PiS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 40.17 km2 (15.51 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 590 m (1,940 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 11,243 |
| • Density | 279.9/km2 (724.9/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 33-380 |
| Website | http://www.krynica-zdroj.pl |
Krynica-Zdrój [krɨˈɲit͡sa ˈzdrui̯] (until 31 December 2001 Krynica, Lemko Rusyn: Крениця, Yiddish: קרעניץ) is a town in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It is inhabited by over eleven thousand people. It is the biggest spa town in Poland often called the Pearl of Polish Spas; and a popular tourist and winter sports destination situated in the heart of the Beskids mountain range.