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Gmina Radłów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
__NOTOC__ Gmina Radłów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Radłów, which lies approximately north-west of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,774. Villages Apart from the town of Radłów, Gmina Radłów contains the villages and settlements of Biskupice Radłowskie, Brzeźnica, Glów, Łęka Siedlecka, Marcinkowice, Niwka, Przybysławice, Sanoka, Siedlec, Wał-Ruda, Wola Radłowska, Zabawa and Zdrochec. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Radłów is bordered by the gminas of Borzęcin, Szczurowa, Wierzchosławice, Wietrzychowice and Żabno Żabno is a town and municipality on the river Dunajec in southern Poland, north of Tarnów. Since Poland's administrative reorganization in 1999, Żabno has been a part of Tarnów powiat which belongs to Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Before ad ... [...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] |