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Gmina Siewierz is an urban-rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Będzin County
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Będzin County ( pl, powiat będziński) 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 ...
,
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 town of
Siewierz
Siewierz is a town in southern Poland, in the Będzin County in the Silesian Voivodeship, seat of Gmina Siewierz.
History
Siewierz was first mentioned in 1125, and was administered by the Castellan of Bytom. In 1177, Casimir II of Poland grante ...
, which lies approximately north-east of
Będzin
Będzin (; also ''Bendzin'' in English; german: Bendzin; yi, בענדין, Bendin) is a city in the Dąbrowa Basin, in southern Poland. It lies in the Silesian Highlands, on the Czarna Przemsza River (a tributary of the Vistula). Even though pa ...
and north-east of the regional capital
Katowice.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 12,460.
Villages
Apart from the town of Siewierz, Gmina Siewierz contains the villages and settlements of
Brudzowice,
Czekanka,
Dzierżawa,
Dziewki,
Gołuchowice,
Hektary,
Kuźnica Piaskowa,
Kuźnica Podleśna,
Kuźnica Warężyńska,
Leśniaki,
Marcinków,
Nowa Wioska,
Podwarężyn,
Podwarpie,
Przedwarężyn,
Słowik,
Tuliszów,
Warężyn,
Wojkowice Kościelne,
Zawarpie and
Żelisławice.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Siewierz is bordered by the towns of
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Dąbrowa Górnicza is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, southern Poland, near Katowice and Sosnowiec. It is located in eastern part of the Silesian Voivodeship, on the Czarna Przemsza and Biała Przemsza rivers (tributaries of the Vistula River, ...
,
Myszków
Myszków is a town in Poland, with 31,650 inhabitants (2019). Situated on the Warta river in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975–1998), it is the capital of Myszków County. Myszków historically ...
and
Poręba, and by the gminas of
Koziegłowy,
Łazy
Łazy is a town in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Until 1947 the town was the seat of the Rokitno Szlacheckie municipality. In the years 1975–1998 the town administratively belonged to the Katowice province. As of 2019, the ...
,
Mierzęcice and
Ożarowice.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Siewierz is
twinned with:
*
Edelény
Edelény is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies in the valley of Bódva River, north of the county seat, Miskolc. The historic L'Huillier-Coburg Palace is located there.
History
The area has been inhabited sinc ...
, Hungary
References
{{Będzin County
Siewierz
Siewierz is a town in southern Poland, in the Będzin County in the Silesian Voivodeship, seat of Gmina Siewierz.
History
Siewierz was first mentioned in 1125, and was administered by the Castellan of Bytom. In 1177, Casimir II of Poland grante ...
Będzin County