__NOTOC__ Gmina Raciechowice is a rural

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 4 ...

(administrative district) in

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

Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopolskie ), also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). It was created on 1 ...

, 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 populous ...

. Its seat is the village of Raciechowice, which lies approximately east of

Myślenice Myślenice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998). Population: 20,261 (2007). The town is divided into six districts. One of them, Zarabie, is a popula ...

and south-east of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,950.

Villages

Gmina Raciechowice contains the villages and settlements of Bojańczyce, Czasław, Dąbie, Gruszów, Kawec,

Komorniki Komorniki is a village in Poland, located in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poznań County, Gmina Komorniki (Poznań metropolitan area), with approximately 5,500 inhabitants. The gmina (municipality) of Komorniki, including the village of Komornik ...

, Krzesławice, Krzyworzeka, Kwapinka, Mierzeń, Poznachowice Górne, Raciechowice,

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, Zegartowice and Żerosławice.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Raciechowice is bordered by the gminas of Dobczyce,

Gdów Gdów is a village in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gdów. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regiona ...

, Jodłownik,

Łapanów Łapanów is a village in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łapanów. It lies approximately south-west of Bochnia and south-east of the regional ...

and Wiśniowa.

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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