__NOTOC__ Gmina Czernichów is a 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

Kraków County __NOTOC__ Kraków 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 village of Czernichów, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,851. Gmina Czernichów is located on the

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river, among limestone and hillocks covered with forests. It includes parts of the protected areas called Bielany-Tyniec Landscape Park and Rudawy Landscape Park. There is also a nature park, "Kajasówka", which is an excellent example of

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in the landscape.

Villages

Gmina Czernichów contains the villages of Bednarze, Czernichów, Czułówek, Dąbrowa Szlachecka, Kamień, Kłokoczyn, Nowa Wieś Szlachecka, Przeginia Duchowna, Przeginia Narodowa, Ratanice, Rusocice, Rybna, Wołowice and Zagacie.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Czernichów is bordered by the gminas of Alwernia, Brzeźnica,

Krzeszowice Krzeszowice () is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. As of 2004, its population was 9,993. Krzeszowice belongs to ''Kraków Metropolitan Area'', and lies 25 kilometers west of the center of the city of Krakó ...

, Liszki,

Skawina Skawina is a town in southern Poland with 27,328 inhabitants (2008). Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998), Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998). The town is located on the Skawinka ri ...

and

Spytkowice Spytkowice is a village in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Spytkowice. It lies approximately north of Wadowice and west of the regional capital ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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