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Village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Bełdno
Village
Bełdno is located in PolandBełdnoBełdno
Coordinates: 49°49′30″N 20°24′0″E / 49.82500°N 20.40000°E / 49.82500; 20.40000
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLesser Poland
CountyBochnia
GminaŻegocina
Population273
Websitewww.zegocina.pl (in Polish)

Bełdno is a village and sołectwo in the administrative district of Gmina Żegocina, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Żegocina, 19 km (12 mi) south of Bochnia, and 43 km (27 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.

Origins

The village was established in 1398 according to the Magdeburg rights. These days it is the smallest of the subdivisions of the gmina.

Shrine

By the road to Żegocina there is a wayside shrine to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour. It contains a statue of the Virgin that was rescued from the main hall of Kraków station during the upheavals of September 1939.

References

  1. "Jednostki pomocnicze gminy Żegocina - Sołectwa" [Auxiliary Units of Gmina Żegocina - Sołectwos] (in Polish). Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  2. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 1 June 2008.
  3. ^ Tadeusz Olszewski (2002). "Gmina Żegocina - sołectwo BełdnoBełdno". Merkuriusz Wiśnicki (in Polish). Retrieved 4 September 2009.
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