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Gmina Żegocina
__NOTOC__ Gmina Żegocina is a rural ''gmina'' (administrative district) in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Żegocina, which lies approximately south of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. The ''gmina'' covers an area of , and as of 31 December 2008 its total population was 5069. Villages Gmina Żegocina is made up of the ''sołectwos'' of the villages of Bełdno, Bytomsko, Łąkta Górna, Rozdziele and Żegocina. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Żegocina is bordered by the town of Bochnia and by the ''gminas'' of Laskowa, Lipnica Murowana, Nowy Wiśnicz Nowy Wiśnicz () is a small town in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,728 inhabitants (2019). Located south of Bochnia, Nowy Wiśnicz is renowned for its Italianate fortified castle which dominates the skyline. Former s ... and Trzciana. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gmina Zegocina Zegocina Bochnia County ...
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Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and towns, with 322 among them constituting an independent urban gmina () consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminy make up a higher level unit called a powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina () constituted either by a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (prezyd ...
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Bełdno
Bełdno is a village and ''sołectwo'' in the administrative district of Gmina Żegocina, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Żegocina, south of Bochnia, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. Origins The village was established in 1398 according to the Magdeburg rights. These days it is the smallest of the subdivisions of the ''gmina''. Shrine By the road to Żegocina there is a wayside shrine to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour. It contains a statue of the Virgin Virginity is a social construct that denotes the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. As it is not an objective term with an operational definition, social definitions of what constitutes virginity, or the lack thereof ... that was rescued from the main hall of Kraków station during the upheavals of September 1939. References Villages in Bochnia County {{Bochnia-geo-stub ...
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Gmina Trzciana
__NOTOC__ Gmina Trzciana is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Trzciana, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Trzciana, which lies approximately south of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,044. Villages Gmina Trzciana contains the villages and settlements of Kamionna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Kamionna, Kierlikówka, Łąkta Dolna, Leszczyna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Leszczyna, Rdzawa, Trzciana, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Trzciana and Ujazd, Bochnia County, Ujazd. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Trzciana is bordered by the gminas of Gmina Łapanów, Łapanów, Gmina Limanowa, Limanowa, Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz, Nowy Wiśnicz and Gmina Żegocina, Żegocina. ReferencesPolish official population figures 2006
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Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz
__NOTOC__ Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowy Wiśnicz, which lies approximately south of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,895 (out of which the population of Nowy Wiśnicz amounts to 2,716, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,179). The gmina contains part of the protected area called Wiśnicz-Lipnica Landscape Park. Villages Apart from the town of Nowy Wiśnicz, Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz contains the villages and settlements of Chronów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Chronów, Kobyle, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Kobyle, Kopaliny, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Kopaliny, Królówka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Królówka, Leksandrowa, Łomna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Łomna, Muchówka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Muchówka, Olchawa, Połom Duży, Stary ...
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Gmina Lipnica Murowana
__NOTOC__ Gmina Lipnica Murowana is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Lipnica Murowana, which lies approximately south-east of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,480. The gmina contains part of the protected area called Wiśnicz-Lipnica Landscape Park. Villages Gmina Lipnica Murowana contains the villages and settlements of Borówna, Lipnica Dolna, Lipnica Górna, Lipnica Murowana and Rajbrot. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Lipnica Murowana is bordered by the gminas of Czchów, Gnojnik, Iwkowa, Laskowa, Nowy Wiśnicz and Żegocina. References Gmina Lipnica Murowana {{Authority control Lipnica Murowana Lipnica Murowana is a village in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. It is the seat of the district called ...
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Gmina Laskowa
__NOTOC__ Gmina Laskowa is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Laskowa, which lies approximately north of Limanowa and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,410. Villages Gmina Laskowa contains the villages and settlements of Jaworzna, Kamionka Mała, Kobyłczyna, Krosna, Laskowa, Sechna, Strzeszyce, Ujanowice and Żmiąca. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Laskowa is bordered by the gminas of Iwkowa, Limanowa, Lipnica Murowana, Łososina Dolna Łososina Dolna is a village in Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łososina Dolna. It lies approximately north of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the ... and Żegocina. ReferencesPolish official population figures 2006 {{Limanowa County Laskowa Limanowa County< ...
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Rozdziele, Bochnia County
Rozdziele is a village and ''sołectwo'' in the administrative district of Gmina Żegocina, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies on Voivodeship road#900 - 993, road number 965, roughly south of Żegocina and south of the county town of Bochnia, and about north of Limanowa. Origins The name ''Rozdziele'' indicates the idea of ''division'' and relates to the area being on the drainage divide between the Raba (Vistula), Raba and Dunajec rivers. The earliest mention of the name occurs in 1262, in a grant of forest rights from king Bolesław V the Chaste, though there is no indication as to whether a settlement with that name existed then. The first definite mention of Rozdziele as a village does not occur until 1490. Rozdziele is divided into two hamlets: Lower Rozdziele (''Dolne Rozdziele'') and Upper Rozdziele (''Górne Rozdziele''). The centre of the village is in Lower Rozdziele, where is the church, cemetery, tourist hostel, the depot ...
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