Chyżne

Chyżne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jabłonka, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 6 km south of Jabłonka, 33 km west of Nowy Targ, and 100 km south of the regional capital Kraków.

The village lies in the drainage basin of the Black Sea (through Orava, Váh and Danube rivers), in the historical region of Orava (Polish: Orawa).

History
The area became part of Poland in the 10th or early 11th century, and later it passed to Hungary. In the late 19th century, Chyżne had a population of 1,728, with 86.9% of Poles. It became again part of Poland following World War I.