Ilkowice, Tarnów County
# Ilkowice, Tarnów County

Ilkowice pronounced ['ilkɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żabno, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Żabno, 11 km (7 mi) north-west of Tarnów, and 69 km (43 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków. The village is situated in the Sandomierz Basin on the river Dunajec. In the 1975–98 administrative divisions of the Polish People's Republic (PRL) the village belonged to Tarnów Voivodeship.

## History

Ilkowice already existed in the 2nd half of the fourteenth century, because in 1409 according to the chronicles Ilkowice belonged to Vincent Granowski, the son of Vincent Granowa coat Leliwa. There is a small historic church of St. Sebastian representing an eclectic style with elements of baroque and classicism.

