Bystra | |
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Village | |
 View of the Bystra Valley | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Bystra | |
| Coordinates: 49°45′43″N 19°4′20″E / 49.76194°N 19.07222°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Bielsko |
| Gmina | Wilkowice |
| Established | 16th century |
| Population | 3,887 |
| Website | http://bystra.pl |
Bystra [ˈbɨstra] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilkowice, within Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] The village lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Wilkowice, 8 km (5 mi) south of Bielsko-Biała, and 55 km (34 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice.
The village is located in Silesian Beskids, alongside Bystra stream. The name of the village is of topographic origin borrowed from an older name of the Bystra stream (nominative bystry: fast, rapid).