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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chyżne
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type = &nbsp;
| image_skyline = Chyżne kościół BŻ3.1.jpg
| image_caption = Saint Anne church
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Lesser Poland Voivodeship|Lesser Poland]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nowy Targ County|Nowy Targ]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Jabłonka|Jabłonka]]
| coordinates = {{coord|49|26|N|19|40|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 1200
| registration_plate = KNT
| blank_name_sec2 = [[National roads in Poland|National roads]]
| blank_info_sec2 = [[File:DK7-PL.svg|32px|link=National road 7 (Poland)]]
}}
'''Chyżne''' {{IPAc-pl|'|h|y|ż|n|e}} 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 {{convert|6|km|mi|0}} south of [[Jabłonka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship|Jabłonka]], {{convert|33|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of [[Nowy Targ]], and {{convert|100|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital [[Kraków]].<ref name="TERYT">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}}</ref>
The village lies in the [[drainage basin]] of the [[Black Sea]] (through [[Orava (river)|Orava]], [[Váh]] and [[Danube]] rivers), in the historical region of [[Orava (region)|Orava]] (Polish: ''Orawa'').
==History==
The area became part of Poland in the 10th or early 11th century, and later it passed to [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]]. In the late 19th century, Chyżne had a population of 1,728, with 86.9% of [[Polish people|Poles]].<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I|year=1880|language=pl|location=Warsaw|page=580}}</ref> It became again part of Poland following [[World War I]].
==References==
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{{Gmina Jabłonka}}
[[Category:Villages in Nowy Targ County]]
[[Category:Orava (region)]]
{{NowyTarg-geo-stub}}