__NOTOC__ Gmina Jeleśnia is a rural gmina (administrative district) in

Żywiec County __NOTOC__ Żywiec County ( pl, powiat żywiecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Pol ...

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian V ...

, in southern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. Its seat is the village of

Jeleśnia Jeleśnia is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jeleśnia. It lies approximately south-east of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Kat ...

, which lies approximately south-east of

Żywiec Żywiec () (german: Saybusch) is a town in southern Poland with 31,194 inhabitants (2019). Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship.It is the capital of Ż ...

and south of the regional capital Katowice. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 13,283.

Villages

Gmina Jeleśnia contains the villages and settlements of

, Korbielów, Krzyżowa, Krzyżówki, Mutne, Pewel Wielka, Przyborów, Sopotnia Mała and Sopotnia Wielka.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Jeleśnia is bordered by the gminas of Koszarawa, Radziechowy-Wieprz, Stryszawa, Świnna,

Ujsoły Ujsoły is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Ujsoły. It lies approximately south of Żywiec, 38 km ( ...

and Węgierska Górka.

References

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