__NOTOC__ Gmina Ciężkowice is an urban-rural

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 tow ...

(administrative district) in

Tarnów County __NOTOC__ Tarnów County () 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 passed in 199 ...

Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). Its capital and largest city is Kraków. The province's name recalls the traditional name of a h ...

, in southern

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. Its seat is the town of Ciężkowice, which lies approximately south of

Tarnów Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east– ...

and east of the regional capital

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,050 (out of which the population of Ciężkowice amounts to 2,378, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,672). The gmina contains part of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

called

Ciężkowice-Rożnów Landscape Park Ciężkowice-Rożnów Landscape Park (''Ciężkowicko-Rożnowski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area (Landscape Park (Poland), Landscape Park) in southern Poland, established in 1995, covering an area of . The Park lies within Lesser Poland ...

Villages

Apart from the town of Ciężkowice, Gmina Ciężkowice contains the villages and settlements of Bogoniowice, Bruśnik, Falkowa, Jastrzębia, Kąśna Dolna, Kąśna Górna, Kipszna, Ostrusza, Pławna, Siekierczyna, Tursko and Zborowice.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ciężkowice is bordered by the gminas of

Bobowa Bobowa (, ''Bobov'') is a small town in Gorlice County, southern Poland. Administratively part of the Lesser Polish Voivodeship, it is situated west of Gorlice and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. It was formerly a village, but was ...

, Gromnik,

Korzenna Korzenna is a village in southern Poland situated in Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 (it was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998). It lies approximately north-east of Nowy Sącz and south-east of the regional capital Krak ...

, Moszczenica,

Rzepiennik Strzyżewski Rzepiennik Strzyżewski is a village in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyżewski. It lies approximately south of Tarnów and east o ...

and

Zakliczyn Zakliczyn is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 1,541 (2010). Zakliczyn lies on the right bank of the Dunajec river, surrounded by wooded hills above sea level. Zakliczyn has a town hall, located in ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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