Wadowice

E25798
municipality town

Wadowice is a historic town in southern Poland best known as the birthplace of Pope John Paul II.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Wadowice, Poland 2
Gmina Wadowice 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
adminCenterOf Wadowice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gmina Wadowice

Wadowice County ⓘ
areaCode +48 33 ⓘ
carPlates KWA ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 49.8833 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 19.5000 ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
distanceTo about 50 km southwest of Kraków ⓘ
economySector services ⓘ
small-scale industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
famousResident Pope John Paul II ⓘ
surface form: Karol Wojtyła

Pope John Paul II ⓘ
grantedTownRights medieval period ⓘ
hasCulinarySpecialty kremówka papieska ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent celebrations related to Pope John Paul II ⓘ
hasMuseum Family home of Pope John Paul II Museum ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo Bielsko-Biała ⓘ
Kraków ⓘ
Sucha Beskidzka ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance Catholic pilgrimage center ⓘ
hasSecondarySchool Marcin Wadowita High School ⓘ
historicalRegion Lesser Poland ⓘ
isPartOf Wadowice County ⓘ
knownFor birthplace of Pope John Paul II ⓘ
locatedIn Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
southern Poland ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalState Austrian Partition of Poland ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
locatedNear foothills of the Beskids ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Skawa River ⓘ
namedAfter possibly from personal name Wadowit ⓘ
nativeName Wadowice self-link ⓘ
officialLanguage Polish ⓘ
population approximately 19000 ⓘ
populationAsOf around 2020 ⓘ
postalCode 34-100 ⓘ
religionMajority Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousBuilding Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ
touristAttraction Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ
Family home of Pope John Paul II Museum ⓘ
voivodeshipCapitalNearby Kraków ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wadowice → adminCenterOf → Wadowice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gmina Wadowice
Karol → birthPlace → Wadowice ⓘ
subject surface form: Karol Wojtyła
this entity surface form: Wadowice, Poland
Pope John Paul II → birthPlace → Wadowice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wadowice, Poland
Wadowice → nativeName → Wadowice self-link ⓘ