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Bochnia Commune is situated on the borderline between two geographical regions: the Sandomierska Dale (Kotlina Sandomierska - northern part of the commune's territory) and the Wielickie Foothills (Pogórze Wielickie - southern part of the commune's territory).<br/><br/>

Bochnia Commune's Location

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2006-01-12 15:29:29

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Bochnia Commune is situated on the borderline between two geographical regions: the Sandomierska Dale (Kotlina Sandomierska - northern part of the commune's territory) and the Wielickie Foothills (Pogórze Wielickie - southern part of the commune's territory).

The commune consists of 31 townships which cover the total area of 130 km2 with the number of residents exceeding 18 000. Its territory spreads over about 50 km along the Raba and Stradomka rivers and their tributaries. The commune's area is cut almost in half by the E-4 Dresden-Kraków-Lvov International Road, a railway line and, in the near future, the A-4 highway.
The international Kraków-Balice airport is only
40 km away.

The commune's beautiful and varied landscape combines flat fields and meadows of the Raba river valley in the north (including the largest forest area of the Niepołomice Virgin Forest -Puszcza Niepołomicka) and the picturesque mountainous area in the south, from where one can admire the panoramic view of the Beskid Wyspowy mountain range, and in good weather, even the Tatra and Pieniny mountain ranges