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Gmina Andrychów
__NOTOC__ Gmina Andrychów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Andrychów, which lies approximately west of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 42,893 (of which the population of Andrychów is 21,691, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 21,202). Villages Apart from the town of Andrychów, Gmina Andrychów contains the villages and settlements of Brzezinka, Inwałd, Roczyny, Rzyki, Sułkowice, Targanice and Zagórnik. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Andrychów is bordered by the gminas of Kęty, Łękawica, Porąbka, Ślemień, Stryszawa and Wieprz The Wieprz (, ; ua, Вепр, Vepr) is a river in central-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula. It is the country's ninth longest river, with a total length of 349 km and a catchment area of 10,497 km2, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminas include cities and towns, with 302 among them constituting an independent urban gmina ( pl, gmina miejska) consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminas make up a higher level unit called powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina ( pl, gmina miejska) constituted either by a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rzyki
Rzyki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Andrychów, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Andrychów, south-west of Wadowice, and south-west of the regional capital, Kraków. Geography The village is located in the western part of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, close to the border with the Silesian Voivodeship. It is situated in the historical Lesser Poland region, in the Little Beskids mountain range, in the valley of Rzyczanka, and is ethnically part of the Gorals, Goral Lands. It sits in close proximity to the mountains of Gancarz, Leskowiec and Groń Jana Pawła II. Its neighbouring villages are Sułkowice, Wadowice County, Sułkowice, Zagórnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Zagórnik, Targanice, Ponikiew, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Ponikiew, Kaczyna, Targoszów and Ślemień. The sołectwo of Rzyki has an area of . Integral parts According to the National Register of Geographical Name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |