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Gmina Szczekociny is an urban-rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Zawiercie County
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Zawiercie County ( pl, powiat zawierciański) 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 governmen ...
,
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
Szczekociny, which lies approximately north-east of
Zawiercie
Zawiercie is a city in the south of Poland located in the Silesian Voivodeship with 49,334 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland near the source of the Warta River. The town lies near the historical region of Sile ...
and north-east of the regional capital
Katowice.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 7,692.
Villages
Apart from the town of Szczekociny, Gmina Szczekociny contains the villages and settlements of
Bógdał,
Bonowice,
Brzostek
Brzostek is a town in Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland (historic province of Lesser Poland). It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Brzostek. As of December 2021, the town has a popula ...
,
Chałupki,
Drużykowa,
Goleniowy,
Grabiec
Grabiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczekociny, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Szczekociny, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional ca ...
,
Gustawów,
Małachów,
Ołudza,
Przyłęk,
Rędziny,
Rokitno,
Siedliska,
Starzyny,
Szyszki,
Tęgobórz
Tęgobórz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczekociny, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Szczekociny, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional ...
,
Wólka Ołudzka
Wólka Ołudzka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczekociny, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Szczekociny, east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regi ...
and
Wólka Starzyńska
Wólka Starzyńska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczekociny, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Szczekociny, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the ...
.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Szczekociny is bordered by the gminas of
Irządze,
Koniecpol,
Kroczyce,
Lelów
Lelów ( yi, לעלוב - ''Lelov'') is a village in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lelów. It lies on the Białka river, approximately east of ...
,
Moskorzew,
Pilica,
Radków,
Secemin
Secemin is a village in Włoszczowa County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Secemin. It lies historic Lesser Poland, approximately south-west of Włoszczo ...
,
Słupia and
Żarnowiec.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Szczekociny is
twinned with:
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Adony, Hungary
*
Jelšava, Slovakia
References
{{Zawiercie County
Szczekociny
Zawiercie County