Local Information

Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,078 inhabitants (2006). Situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975-1998). The town is situated in Żywiec Vale. . (...)

Kęty is a town in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland with 19,175 inhabitants (2004). (...)

in southern Poland, situated in the Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999, previously in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, 1975–1998). The endangered language of Wymysorys is spoken here by about 70 native speakers, the majority of them elderly. The language was the main one of the town until the early communist period (1945-1956), when authorities repressed it. (...)