Nowy Targ

Nowy Targ
Center of Nowy Targ
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°28′N 20°1′E / 49.467°N 20.017°E / 49.467; 20.017
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Nowy Targ County
Gmina	Nowy Targ (urban gmina)
Established	13th century
Town rights	1346
Government
• Mayor	Grzegorz Watycha
Area
• Total	51.07 km2 (19.72 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,138 m (3,734 ft)
Lowest elevation	585 m (1,919 ft)
Population  (2006)
• Total	33,493
• Density	660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	34-400 to 34-403
Area code	+48 182
Car plates	KNT
Website	http://www.nowytarg.pl

Nowy Targ [ˈnɔvɨ ˈtark] (Officially: Royal Free city of Nowy Targ, Yiddish: Naymark, Goral Dialect: Miasto) is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is located in the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin at the foot of the Gorce Mountains, at the confluence of the Czarny Dunajec and the Biały Dunajec. It is the seat of the Nowy Targ County and the rural Gmina Nowy Targ, as well as the Tatra Euroregion.

With 33,293^[1] inhabitants, Nowy Targ is the largest town and the historic capital of Podhale, as well as its main commercial, communication and industrial center.

The town has the Podhale State Vocational University and the highest located airport in Poland.

Established before 1233, Nowy Targ received city rights on 22 June 1346 from King Casimir the Great. The historic architectural and urban complex of the town with a medieval market square has been preserved to this day.