Wadowice
Aerial view of Main Square
Coat of arms
Wadowice
Coordinates: 49°53′N 19°30′E  /  49.883°N 19.500°E  / 49.883; 19.500
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Wadowice County
Gmina	Gmina Wadowice
Established	14th century
Town rights	1430
Government
? Mayor	Ewa Filipiak
Area
? Total	12.98 km 2 (5.01 sq mi)
Highest elevation	318 m (1,043 ft)
Lowest elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Population   (2007)
? Total	19,149
? Density	1,500/km 2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 ( CET )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC+2 ( CEST )
Postal code	34?100
Area code	+48 33
Car plates	KWA
Website	http://www.wadowice.pl

Wadowice [vad??v?it?s?] ( German : Frauenstadt ? Wadowitz ) is a town in Poland in Lesser Poland Voivodeship in the mountainous range known as Zakopane region, 50 kilometres (31 miles) southeast of Krakow - (former Polish capital).

Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) was born there on May 18 1920. He also attended elementary and high school there, graduating with honors in 1938.

The town is twinned with 4 others, all in Italy .

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• History of Wadowice

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