Czernichów | |
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Village | |
Chapel and wooden belfry
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Coordinates: 49°45′N 19°12′E / 49.750°N 19.200°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Silesian |
County | Żywiec |
Gmina | Czernichów |
Established | first half of the 16th century |
Highest elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
Population | 1,098 |
Czernichów [t͡ʂɛrˈnixuf] is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Czernichów. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Żywiec and 58 km (36 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice.
The village has a population of 1,098.
The village was most probably established in the first half of the 16th century either by Vlachs or Germans.
Czernichów is twinned with:
Coordinates: 49°45′N 19°12′E / 49.750°N 19.200°E