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Gmina Żarki is an urban-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
Myszków County,
Silesian Voivodeship, in southern
Poland. Its seat is the town of
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 ...
, which lies approximately north-east of
Myszków and north-east of the regional capital
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 8,446.
Villages
Apart from the town of Żarki, Gmina Żarki contains the villages and settlements of
Czatachowa,
Jaroszów,
Jaworznik
Jaworznik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Żarki, east of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katowi ...
,
Kotowice,
Masłoniowizna,
Ostrów,
Przybynów,
Skrobaczowizna
Skrobaczowizna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland ...
,
Suliszowice
Suliszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Żarki, north of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice ...
,
Wysoka Lelowska
Wysoka Lelowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Żarki, north of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katow ...
,
Zaborze and
Zawada.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Żarki is bordered by the town of
Myszków and by the gminas of
Janów,
Niegowa
Niegowa is a village in Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Niegowa. It lies approximately north-east of Myszków and north-east of the regional capit ...
,
Olsztyn,
Poraj and
Włodowice.
References
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Zarki
Myszków County