__NOTOC__ Gmina Trzyciąż 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

Olkusz County Olkusz County ( pl, powiat olkuski) 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 government reforms pa ...

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

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

, which lies approximately east of

Olkusz Olkusz ( yi, עלקיש ''Elkish'', german: 1941-45 Ilkenau) is a town in southern Poland with 36,607 inhabitants (2014). Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998), it is the capital ...

and north-west of the regional capital

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,131. The gmina contains part of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

called

Dłubnia Landscape Park Dłubnia Landscape Park (''Dłubniański Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in southern Poland. Established in 1981, the park covers an area of . Within the Landscape Park are two nature reserves. Location The park lies wi ...

Villages

Gmina Trzyciąż contains the villages and settlements of Glanów, Imbramowice, Jangrot, Małyszyce, Michałówka, Milonki, Podchybie, Porąbka, Ściborzyce, Sucha,

, Zadroże and Zagórowa.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Trzyciąż is bordered by the gminas of Gołcza,

Skała Skała is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998). On December 31, 2010, its population was 3,646. Skala is one of the oldest town of Lesser Poland. In t ...

, Sułoszowa and

Wolbrom Wolbrom (german: Wolfram) Wojciech Blajer: ''Bemerkungen zum Stand der Forschungen uber die Enklawen der mittelalterlichen deutschen Besiedlung zwischen Wisłoka und San''. n:Późne średniowiecze w Karpatach polskich. red. Prof. Jan Gancarski. ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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