page_title: Słopnice
section_title: Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Słopnice / Landmarks
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Słopnice - dwór, 1 poł. XIX This is a photo of a monument in Poland identified by the ID 617908
context_page_description: Słopnice is a village in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Słopnice. It lies approximately 6 kilometres west of Limanowa and 50 km south-east of the regional capital Kraków.
  Situated along the Carpathian Mountains, the village had a population of 6,814 in 2019.
  Słopnice has five sister cities: Balkány and Zajta in Hungary, Chlebnice in Slovakia, Gießhübl in Austria and Lazuri in Romania.
  Elias Sanders, the father of U.S. politician and 2016/2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, was born in Słopnice in 1904 and emigrated to the United States in 1921. Sanders visited the village with his brother Larry Sanders in 2013. In 2016, the mayor, Adam Sołtys, said, "There's quite a bit of excitement in the air here—we're proud of Senator Sanders and we wish our 'homeboy' even greater success!"
context_section_description: Saint Andrew's Church, 1776
  Neoclassical manor house (dworek), early 19th century
  Cemetery of cholera victims in Zaświercze, 1871
  Village museum in nearby school
  Historical chapels and shrines along main roads
caption: 19th-century manor
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