Istebna

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Istebna
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settlement_type = Village
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image_caption = View of Istebna


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Poland
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Cieszyn
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Istebna
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Jerzy Michałek
established_title = First mentioned
established_date = 1621
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area_total_km2 = 47.41
population_as_of = 2004
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population_total = 4989
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd= 49 |latm= 33 |lats= 50.75 |latNS= N
longd= 18 |longm= 53 |longs= 35.82 |longEW= E
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 43-470
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blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = SCI
website = http://www.ug.istebna.pl
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Audio|Istebna.ogg|Istebna is a large village and the seat of Gmina Istebna, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The village is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range, near to the borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Olza River flows through the village. It has a population of 4,989 (2004).

People

* Emanuel Grim, Catholic priest and writer, worked here and is buried at local cemetery
* Jerzy Kukuczka, high altitude mountaineer, and the second person to climb all of the 8,000 metre peaks

Twin towns

* Iława
* Trzebiatów

External links

* [http://www.ug.istebna.pl/ Official website of Gmina Istebna]