Piwniczna-Zdrój
Piwniczna-Zdrój | |
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Panorama of the town | |
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Piwniczna-Zdrój | |
| Coordinates: 49°26′7″N 20°42′41″E / 49.43528°N 20.71139°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| County | Nowy Sącz |
| Gmina | Piwniczna-Zdrój |
| Area | |
• Total | 126.7 km2 (48.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 562 m (1,844 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 10 315 |
| • Density | 0.079/km2 (0.20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 33-350 |
| Vehicle registration | KNS |
| Website | www |
Piwniczna-Zdrój [pʲivˈɲit͡ʂna ˈzdrui̯] (until 1999 Piwniczna) is a spa town in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, near the border with Slovakia. Piwniczna-Zdrój is the name of both the town and its administrative district called a gmina in Polish, namely the Gmina Piwniczna-Zdrój.
Piwniczna-Zdrój is a popular tourist destination in Beskid Sądecki, part of the Western Carpathians mountain range of southern Poland featuring a protected area called the Poprad Landscape Park with its picturesque Poprad River Gorge.