{{More citations needed|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Alwernia | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = POL Alwernia, klasztor.jpg | image_caption = Church of the Stigmata of St. Francis de Assisi in Alwernia | image_shield = POL Alwernia COA.svg | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | coordinates = {{coord|50|03|43|N|19|32|28|E|region:PL_type:city|display=title,inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Lesser Poland Voivodeship|name=Lesser Poland}} | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Chrzanów | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Alwernia | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1616 | established_title2 = Town rights<ref name="town_rights">{{Cite Polish law |title=Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 15 września 1993 r. w sprawie nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta |year=1993 |volume=86 |number=400 |date=1993-09-15}}</ref> | established_date2 = 1 October 1993 | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Beata Nadzieja-Szpila | area_footnotes = <ref name="area">{{cite web |url=http://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/teryt/jednostka |title=Local Data Bank |website=bdl.stat.gov.pl |publisher=Statistics Poland |access-date=26 November 2022}} Category K1, group G441, subgroup P1410. Data for territorial unit 1203014.</ref> | area_total_km2 = 8.88 | elevation_m = 312 | population_footnotes = <ref name="population">{{cite web |url=http://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/teryt/jednostka |title=Local Data Bank |website=bdl.stat.gov.pl |publisher=Statistics Poland |access-date=23 February 2023}} Category K3, group G7, subgroup P1336. Data for territorial unit 1203014.</ref><ref name="population_density">{{cite web |url=http://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/teryt/jednostka |title=Local Data Bank |website=bdl.stat.gov.pl |publisher=Statistics Poland |access-date=23 February 2023}} Category K3, group G7, subgroup P2425. Data for territorial unit 1203014.</ref> | population_as_of = 30 June 2022 | population_total = 3284 | population_density_km2 = 370 | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code<ref name="postal_code">{{cite web |url=http://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/11/spispna.pdf |title=Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych |website=poczta-polska.pl |publisher=Poczta Polska |pages=5, 1655 |language=pl |format=PDF |access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref> | postal_code = 32-566 | area_code_type = Area code<ref name="area_code">{{Cite Polish law |title=Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 30 października 2013 r. w sprawie planu numeracji krajowej dla publicznych sieci telekomunikacyjnych, w których świadczone są publicznie dostępne usługi telefoniczne |year=2013 |number=1281 |date=2013-10-30}}</ref> | area_code = +48 12 | registration_plate_type = Number plates<ref name="number_plates">{{Cite Polish law |title=Rozporządzenie Ministra Infrastruktury z dnia 31 sierpnia 2022 r. w sprawie rejestracji i oznaczania pojazdów, wymagań dla tablic rejestracyjnych oraz wzorów innych dokumentów związanych z rejestracją pojazdów |year=2022 |number=1847 |date=2022-08-31}}</ref> | registration_plate = KCH | website = http://www.alwernia.pl }} '''Alwernia''' {{IPAc-pl|AUD|Pl-Alwernia.ogg|a|l|'|w|e|r|ń|a}} is a town in the Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, situated some {{convert|36|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} west of Kraków.{{TERYT}} The town has an area of {{convert|8.88|sqkm|sqmi|abbr=off}},<ref name=area/> and as of June 2022 it has a population of 3,284.<ref name=population/>
==History== thumb|left|Bernardine church The name of the town is taken from that of the Franciscan hermitage of La Verna ({{langx|la|Alvernia}}) in Tuscany, Italy. It was bestowed on the locality in 1616 by the castellan Krzysztof Koryciński. A monastery of the order of the Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi was built on high ground between 1625 and 1656. The church dates from the period between 1630 and 1676.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
Below the monastery a settlement developed which in 1776 received the right to hold a market. In 1796 Alwernia is mentioned as being a small commercial and administrative centre.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
After the Third Partition of Poland, the town became a part of the Austrian Empire, and since 1867 of Austria-Hungary. In the newly-reborn Poland, Alwernia administratively belonged to Kraków Voivodeship. Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany. After the war, the town once again became a part of Kraków Voivodeship until 1998.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
On 15 September 1993 Alwernia received its town charter.<ref name=town_rights/>
==Economy== Chemical works "Alventa" is located in the town. The works was built in 1923–1924, in the interwar period. It mainly focuses on producing phosphorus and chromium compounds, as well as fertilizers.<ref name="alventa">{{cite web |url=http://alventa.com/o-nas/historia/ |title=Historia |website=alventa.com |publisher=Alventa SA |language=Polish |trans-title=History |access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref>
==Transport== thumb|left|Alwernia railway station
===Road transport=== Voivodeship road 780 directly passes through the town. The A4 motorway, which is a part of the European route E40, passes through the village of Rudno, located about {{convert|4|km|mi|abbr=off}} north of the town.
===Rail transport=== The Trzebinia–Wadowice railway, opened in 1899, passes through the town, however in October 2002 passenger service ceased.<ref name="rail">{{cite news |date=7 October 2012 |title=Od dziesięciu lat nie jeżdżą tutaj pociągi |url=http://wadowiceonline.pl/biznes/2034-od-dziesieciu-lat-nie-jezdza-tutaj-pociagi |language=Polish |work=wadowiceonline.pl |location=Wadowice |access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref> In 2017, a tourist draisine started operating on the closed railway.<ref name="rail2">{{cite web |url=http://www.drezynyregulice.pl/o-nas/ |title=O nas |trans-title=About us |website=www.drezynyregulice.pl |publisher=Lokalna Kolej Drezynowa w Regulicach |language=Polish |access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref> The railway infrastructure manager in Poland, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe, is planning to reconstruct the railway.<ref name="rail3">{{cite web |url=http://www.plk-sa.pl/files/user_upload/Projekt_-_Zamierzenia_inwestycyjne_PKP_PLK_.pdf |title=Zamierzenia inwestycyjne na lata 2021–2030 z perspektywą do 2040 roku |website=plk-sa.pl |publisher=PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe |page=22 |language=Polish |format=PDF |access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref>
==Tourist attractions and monuments== thumb|Firefighting museum Alwernia's tourist attractions and monuments include: * Baroque Bernardine monastery and church; * Saint Florian chapel; * the oldest firefighting museum in Poland – Małopolskie Muzeum Pożarnictwa.
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==External links== {{Commons category}} <!-- If you happen to create a See also section, please move the Portal module there and remove this message --> {{Portal|Cities|Poland}} * {{Official website|http://alwernia.pl/}} {{in lang|pl}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111114170918/http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/sompolno-1791/ Jewish community of Alwernia] on Virtual Shtetl
{{Gmina Alwernia}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Cities and towns in Lesser Poland Voivodeship Category:Chrzanów County Category:Populated places established in 1616