Libiąż
Libiąż is a Polish town and seat of the urban and rural community in the powiat Chrzanowski in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about 40 km west of Krakow, located seven kilometers north of Auschwitz, with around 17,500 inhabitants. By far the most important economic factor and at the same time a major employer, also for the surrounding communities is the coal mine Janina.
Structure
For urban and rural community Libiąż next to the city Libiąż which includes the local Gromiec (pl) and Żarki (pl).
Twinning
- Rouvroy ( Pas -de- Calais ) (France )
- Corciano (Italy )
Personalities
- Zygmunt Franciszek Szczotkowski (* 1877, † 1943), a Polish mining engineer and first director of the Polish mine Janina
- January Zając ( b. 1939 ), born in Libiąż, Polish priest and auxiliary bishop in Krakow
- Tadeusz Arkit (* 1955), 1998-2007 Mayor of the City