Jaworzynka

Jaworzynka
Village
Southern tip of Jaworzynka village
Southern tip of Jaworzynka village
Jaworzynka is located in Poland
Jaworzynka
Jaworzynka
Coordinates: 49°31′44.8″N 18°51′34.9″E / 49.529111°N 18.859694°E / 49.529111; 18.859694
Country Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
CountyCieszyn
GminaIstebna
Government
 • MayorPaweł Rucki
Area
 • Total
22.15 km2 (8.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
3,196
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
43-476
Car platesSCI
Map

Jaworzynka is a village in Gmina Istebna, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The village is situated in the Beskid Śląski mountain range, near Poland's borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

The village's name is a toponym, deriving from the Polish word for sycamore trees (jawor) in its diminuitive form (jaworzyna).[1]

  1. ^ Mrózek, Robert (1984). "Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego" [Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia]. Topics in Phraseology (in Polish). Katowice: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach: 83. ISSN 0208-6336.