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Bochnia
Bochnia is a town in south-eastern Poland with 30,000 inhabitants (2001).
Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Tarnow Voivodship (1975-1998). Founded in 1253, well-known from having oldest still existing salt mine in Europe (built near 1248).
Education
- Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczna
Famous people from Bochnia
- Ralph Modjeski (Rudolf Modrzejewski), notable engineer in the United States, born 1861 to actress Helena Modjeska.
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