Cracovia (in polacco  , in tedesco Krakau, denominazione completa Stołeczne Królewskie Miasto Kraków - Città Reale Capitale di Cracovia) è una città polacca di 761.873 abitanti della Polonia meridionale, una delle più antiche ed estese dello Stato. È capoluogo del relativo voivodato della Piccola Polonia dal 1999; in precedenza è stata capoluogo del Voivodato di Cracovia fin dal 1308. Inoltre è un grande centro commerciale e industriale (stoffe, pelli, macchine agricole, cartiere, editoria) e un importante nodo ferroviario.

Kraków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Warta, within Sieradz County, Lódz Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately west of Warta, north-west of Sieradz, and west of the regional capital Lódz.

Kraków ( ), also Cracow or Krakow (, ), is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River  in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one of Poland's most important economic hubs. It was the capital of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1038 to 1569; the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1596; the Free City of Kraków from 1815 to 1846; the Grand Duchy of Cracow from 1846 to 1918; and Kraków Voivodeship from the 14th century to 1998. It has been the capital of Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999.