Żegocina

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Żegocina

| settlement_type = Village

| total_type =  

| image_flag =

| image_shield =

| image_skyline = Kościół parafialny p.w. św. Mikołaja Biskupa w Żegocinie 01.JPG

| image_caption = Saint Nicholas Church

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Lesser Poland

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Bochnia

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Żegocina

| coordinates = {{coord|49|49|N|20|25|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Jednostki pomocnicze gminy Żegocina - Sołectwa|url=http://www.zegocina.pl/BIP/ug/jednostki_pomocnicze.htm|trans-title=Auxiliary Units of Gmina Żegocina - Sołectwos|language=Polish|accessdate=7 September 2009}}

| population_total = 1670

| website = [http://www.zegocina.pl/wioski/zegocina/wieszegocina.htm www.zegocina.pl] {{in lang|pl}}

}}

Żegocina {{IPAc-pl|ż|e|g|o|'|ć|i|n|a}} is a village and sołectwo in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.{{TERYT}} It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Żegocina. It lies on road number 965, approximately {{convert|21|km|mi|0}} south of Bochnia and {{convert|46|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of the regional capital Kraków.

Origins

The settlement was founded by Wierzbięta in the 12th century. A church was established in 1293 by the knight Zbigniew Żegota, of the clan Topór.{{cite web|title=Gmina Żegocina - sołectwo Żegocina|url=http://www.zegocina.pl/wioski/zegocina/wieszegocina.htm|language=Polish|accessdate=7 September 2009}}

References

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{{Commons category|Żegocina}}

{{Gmina Żegocina}}

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Category:Villages in Bochnia County

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