Ciężkowice [t͡ɕɛ̃ʂkɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] (German:Hardenberg) is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,322 inhabitants (2010). It lies in the Ciężkowice Foothills, on the Biała river. The town is located on regional road nr. 977, it also has a rail station (Bogoniowice - Ciężkowice), on a line which goes from Tarnów to the Slovakian border crossing at Leluchów. Ciężkowice is home to a sports club Ciężkowianka, founded in 1948.