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Gmina Gierałtowice 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
Gliwice County,
Silesian Voivodeship, in southern
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Gierałtowice, which lies approximately south-east of
Gliwice and west of the regional capital
Katowice
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.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 12,096.
Villages
Gmina Gierałtowice contains the villages of
Chudów,
Gierałtowice,
Paniówki and
Przyszowice.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Gierałtowice is bordered by the towns of
Gliwice,
Knurów,
Mikołów,
Ruda Śląska and
Zabrze, and by the gmina of
Ornontowice.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Gierałtowice is
twinned with:
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Uherský Brod, Czech Republic
References
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Gieraltowice
Gliwice County