__NOTOC__ Gmina Koszęcin 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

Lubliniec County __NOTOC__ Lubliniec County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. ...

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship ( ) is an administrative province in southern Poland. With over 4.2 million residents and an area of 12,300 square kilometers, it is the second-most populous, and the most-densely populated and most-urbanized region of Poland ...

, in southern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. Its seat is the village of Koszęcin, which lies approximately south-east of

Lubliniec Lubliniec (, ; Silesian language, Silesian: ''Lublini'c'') is a town in southern Poland with 23,784 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Lubliniec County, part of Silesian Voivodeship. Geography Lubliniec is situated in the north of the his ...

and north of the regional capital

Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 11,842. 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 Upper Liswarta Forests Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Koszęcin contains the villages and settlements of Brusiek, Bukowiec, Cieszowa, Dolnik, Irki, Koszęcin, Krywałd,

Łazy Łazy is a town in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. As of 2019, the town has 6,811 inhabitants. Łazy belongs to the historic region of Lesser Poland. History In the Middle Ages, in the area of today's Łazy were five ...

, Lipowiec, Nowy Dwór, Piłka, Prądy, Rusinowice, Rzyce, Sadów, Strzebiń and Wierzbie.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Koszęcin is bordered by the towns of Kalety and

, and by the gminas of

Boronów Boronów is a village in Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is (since 1993) the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Boronów. It lies approximately east of Lubliniec and north of the regional capi ...

, Herby, Kochanowice,

Tworóg Tworóg is a village in Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tworóg. It lies approximately north-west of Tarnowskie Góry and north-west of the reg ...

and Woźniki.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Koszęcin is twinned with: *

Gura Humorului Gura Humorului (; Hebrew and Yiddish: גורה חומורולוי - ''Gure Humuruluei'' or גורא הומאָרא - ''Gura Humora''; German and Polish: ''Gura Humora'') is a town in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the hi ...

, Romania *

Kraubath an der Mur Kraubath an der Mur is a municipality in the district of Leoben in the Austrian state of Styria. Name The name of this place is mentioned many times in the 11th-13th century charters and it is written regularly as ''"Chrowat"'' which is toponym v ...

, Austria

References

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