Sucha Beskidzka

Infobox Settlement
name = Sucha Beskidzka

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imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Castle in Sucha

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image_shield = POL Sucha Beskidzka COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lesser Poland
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Sucha
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Sucha Beskidzka (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Stanisław Lichosyt
established_title = Established
established_date = 1405
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1896
area_total_km2 = 27.46
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 9726
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 49 | latm = 44 | lats = 25 | latNS = N | longd = 19 | longm = 35 | longs = 19 | longEW = E
elevation_m = 350
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 34-200
area_code = +48 33
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = KSU
website = http://www.sucha-beskidzka.pl

Sucha Beskidzka [IPA-pl|'|s|u|h|a|-|b|e|s|'|k|i|c|k|a] (before 1961 called only "Sucha") is a county town in Beskid Żywiecki mountain range in southern Poland (see: Sucha County). It has been in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999; previously it was in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975-1998).

History

It developed strongly in the end of the 19th century owing to a railway junction: Kraków - Sucha Beskidzka - Zakopane and Żywiec - Sucha Beskidzka.

Since the beginning of the 20th century it is the centre of the mountainous tourism in this part of the Beskidy Mountains (part of the Carpathians). In the town there are some examples of old architecture: a Renaissance castle (16th cent.), called "Little Wawel", a church with a cloister (17th cent.) and an old wooden inn, called "Rzym" ("Rome") (18th cent.).

Education

In the town, there are two higher education schools:
* College for the Foreign Languages Teachers ("Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych", [http://republika.pl/nkjo_sucha/ NKJO] pl icon)
* Higher School of the Tourism and Ecology ("Wyższa Szkoła Turystyki i Ekologii", [http://www.wste.edu.pl/index_en.html WSTiE] )

histpop
1827|1,811
1848|1,842|1.7%
1870|2,280|24%
1900|4,214|85%
1921|5,151|22%
1931|6,004|17%
1939|6,250|4.1%
1946|* 5,866|-6.1%
1960|6,599|12%
1970|7,751|17%
1980|8,735|13%
1989|9,754|12%
2001|9,810|0.6%
2002|9,737|-0.7%
footnote=Approx. 400 Jews killed during World War 2.Fact|date=August 2008

Famous people from Sucha Beskidzka

* Billy Wilder
* Walery Goetel

Twin towns

* Tvrdošín, Slovakia
* Frombork, Poland
* Jászberény, Hungary

External links

* [http://www.powiatsuski.pl Official website of the Sucha Beskidzka county] pl icon