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

Myszków County __NOTOC__ Myszków County ( pl, powiat myszkowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ref ...

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, in southern

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. Its seat is the village of Poraj, which lies approximately north-west of

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and north of the regional capital Katowice. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 10,902.

Villages

Gmina Poraj contains the villages and settlements of Choroń, Choroń-Baranowizna, Choroń-Rajczykowizna, Dębowiec, Gęzyn, Jastrząb, Kuźnica Stara, Kuźnica-Folwark, Masłońskie, Poraj, Pustkowie Gęzyńskie and Żarki-Letnisko.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Poraj is bordered by the town of

and by the gminas of Kamienica Polska, Koziegłowy,

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and

Żarki Żarki (german: Zarki) is a town in Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,556 inhabitants (2019). The history of Żarki dates back to the early 14th century, as the village was first mentioned in documents from the 1320s. For cen ...

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Poraj is twinned with: * Belá-Dulice, Slovakia *

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, Czech Republic *

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, Lithuania

References

{{Myszków County Poraj Myszków County