Piekielnik

Piekielnik
Village
Local Catholic church
Piekielnik
Coordinates: 49°28′N 19°46′E / 49.467°N 19.767°E / 49.467; 19.767
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Nowy Targ
Gmina	Czarny Dunajec

Piekielnik [pjɛˈkʲɛlnik], (Slovak: Pekelník) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of Nowy Targ and 68 km (42 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.^[1]

The village lies in the drainage basin of the Black Sea (through Orava, Váh and Danube rivers), in the historical region of Orava (Polish: Orawa), which since the Middle Ages belonged to Hungary.

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

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Gmina Czarny Dunajec

Seat	Czarny Dunajec

Other villages	Chochołów Ciche Czerwienne Dział Koniówka Odrowąż Piekielnik Pieniążkowice Podczerwone Podszkle Ratułów Stare Bystre Wróblówka Załuczne

Coordinates: 49°28′N 19°46′E / 49.467°N 19.767°E / 49.467; 19.767

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