Żywiec

Infobox Settlement
name = Żywiec


image_caption = Town hall
image_shield = POL Żywiec COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Żywiec County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Żywiec (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Antoni Paweł Szlagor
elevation_min_m = 344
elevation_max_m = 400
area_total_km2 = 50.57
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 32078
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 49
latm = 41
lats = 21
latNS = N
longd = 19
longm = 12
longs = 21
longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 34-300 to 34-330
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = SZY
website = http://www.zywiec.pl

Żywiec [IPA-pl|'|ż|y|w|j|e|c] ( _de. Saybusch, Saubusch) is a town in south-central Poland with 32,078 inhabitants (2006). After being part of Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998, it has been part of the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999 and includes one of the eight protected areas in Silesian Voivodeship, called Żywiec Landscape Park.

Economy

The city is famous for its Żywiec Brewery.

Education

* Beskidzka Wyższa Szkoła Umiejętności (Beskidzka Wyższa Szkoła Turystyki)

Famous people

* Tomasz Adamek
* Wilhelm Brasse
* Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria
* Agata Wróbel

Twin town

* Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England