__NOTOC__ Gmina Książ Wielki 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

Miechów County __NOTOC__ Miechów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 19 ...

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, in southern

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. Its seat is the village of

Książ Wielki Książ Wielki () is a town in Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Książ Wielki. It lies approximately north-east of Miechów and north of the regi ...

, which lies approximately north-east of

Miechów Miechów is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about north of Kraków. It is the capital of Miechów County. Population is 11,852 (2004). Miechów lies on the Miechówka river, along European route E77. The area of the town is , a ...

and north of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,565.

Villages

Gmina Książ Wielki contains the villages and settlements of Antolka, Boczkowice, Cisia Wola, Cisie, Częstoszowice, Giebułtów, Głogowiany, Konaszówka,

Krzeszówka Krzeszówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Książ Wielki, north-east of Miechów, and north-east of the ...

, Książ Mały, Książ Mały-Kolonia,

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 ...

, Małoszów, Mianocice, Moczydło, Rzędowice, Stara Wieś, Tochołów, Trzonów, Wielka Wieś, Wrzosy and Zaryszyn.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Książ Wielki is bordered by the gminas of

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

Działoszyce Działoszyce is a town in Pińczów County in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 2,882 inhabitants as of December 2023. History The town is located in historic Lesser Poland, and the earliest mention of Działoszyce in hist ...

, Kozłów,

Słaboszów Słaboszów is a village in Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Słaboszów. It lies approximately east of Miechów and north-east of the regional c ...

and Wodzisław.

References

Polish official population figures 2006
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