Wadowice

Wadowice
View of the Main Square with the Baroque Basilica of Presentation of Virgin Mary
Flag Coat of arms
Wadowice Location within Poland
Coordinates: 49°53′N 19°30′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Wadowice
Gmina	Wadowice
First mentioned	14th century
Town rights	1430
Government
• Mayor	Bartosz Kaliński (PiS)
Area
• Total	10.52 km2 (4.06 sq mi)
Highest elevation	318 m (1,043 ft)
Lowest elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	17,455
• Density	1,659/km2 (4,297/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	34–100
Area code	+48 33
Car plates	KWA
National roads
Website	http://www.wadowice.pl

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Wadowice (Polish: [vadɔˈvit͡sɛ] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, 50 kilometres (31 miles) southwest of Kraków with 17,455 inhabitants (2022), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie). Wadowice is known for being the birthplace of Karol Wojtyła, later Pope John Paul II and Godwin von Brumowski, Austria-Hungary’s best flying ace with 35 credited and an additional 8 possible wins in the air.