Lipnica Mała
Lipnica Mała
Felsőlipnica | |
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Village | |
 Saint Stephen church | |
  Lipnica Mała Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 49°30′39″N 19°38′14″E / 49.51083°N 19.63722°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| County | Nowy Targ |
| Gmina | Jabłonka |
| Population | 3,673 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 34-482 |
| Vehicle registration | KNT |
Lipnica Mała [lipˈnit͡sa ˈmawa] (Hungarian: Felsőlipnica) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jabłonka, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.[1]
Geography
The village lies 6 kilometers north-west of Jabłonka in the drainage basin of the Black Sea (through Orava, Váh and Danube rivers), in the historical region of Orava (Polish: Orawa).
History
In his geographical dictionary published in 1851, Elek Fényes, writes the following about the village: “Felső-Lipnicza, a Tót village in Árva County: 1,514 Catholic inhabitants, who weave a great deal of coarse homespun cloth. Extensive sheep farming. Its sessio is 83. It belongs to the Árva estate.”[2]
In 1880, the village had a predominantly Polish population of 1,614.[3] It became part of Poland following World War I.
Until the Treaty of Trianon, it belonged to the Trsztena district of Árva County of Hungary.
References
- ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ↑ "Fényes Elek: Magyarország geographiai szótára | Országleírások | Kézikönyvtár". www.arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2025-10-26. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
- ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom V (in Polish). Warsaw. 1884. p. 272.
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