Zwardoń

Zwardoń
Village
General view
Zwardoń
Coordinates: 49°31′N 18°59′E / 49.517°N 18.983°E / 49.517; 18.983
Country Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
CountyŻywiec
GminaRajcza
Elevation
690 m (2,260 ft)
Population
1,000

Zwardoń [ˈzvardɔɲ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rajcza, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in the Żywiec Beskids mountain range in southern Poland, on the border with Slovakia. The village is mostly known for mountain tourism and as a border crossing point. In 1884, a railway line to Čadca was opened. Although Zwardoń belongs nowadays to the Silesian Voivodeship, historically it lays in Lesser Poland.

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