Kanna, Poland

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Kanna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bolesław, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

Geography

It lies approximately 3 km west of Bolesław, 15 km north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, and 80 km east of the regional capital Kraków. It is in the north-eastern end of the Malopolska province, in the bend of the Wisła River in front of the mouth of Nida.

Fauna

Many animals call the village home, including; badger, marten, European pine marten, weasel, boar, moose, deer and beavers. Additionally, Hamster European can be found, a legally protected animal. The birds include the Accipitrinae, common raven, goldfinch, lesser spotted eagle, common kestrel necked, tern, northern lapwing, cormorant, corncrake and woodpecker, Eurasian eagle-owl or buzzard.

Climate

Climate areas belonging to the Sandomierz Basin are among the warmest in Poland. The average temperature in July is above 19 °C, average January -30 °C. The growing season is around 220 days, with annual rainfall of 600 – 700 mm.

Culture

A brick chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary was built in 1871. Its baroque-shaped signature tower rises high above the roofs of the village. The chapel was restored in 2007. People work in the Song and Dance Ensemble. The village hosts a playground. A Volunteer Fire Department is located in the House of the People.

Transport

Microbus private lines and a buses provide transport. The village can be reached from Cracow and Sandomierz by national. The ferry Nowy Korczyn/Borusowa crosses the Wisła. Provincial road connects with Żabno Szczucin.

Demographics

The villages hosts75 households. 13% work exclusively on farms, 80% farm + earn non-agricultural wages, and the remaining 7% are mainly non-agricultural wages and other income sources.

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