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Gmina Miechów 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
Miechów County
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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 ...
,
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
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 town 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 ...
, which lies approximately north 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 19,786 (out of which the population of Miechów amounts to 11,717, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,069).
Villages
Apart from the town of Miechów, Gmina Miechów contains the villages and settlements of
Biskupice,
Brzuchania,
Bukowska Wola,
Celiny Przesławickie,
Dziewięcioły,
Falniów,
Falniów-Wysiołek,
Glinica,
Jaksice,
Kalina Mała
Kalina Mała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miechów, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków
, official ...
,
Kalina-Lisiniec,
Kalina-Rędziny,
Kamieńczyce,
Komorów,
Nasiechowice,
Parkoszowice,
Podleśna Wola,
Podmiejska Wola,
Pojałowice,
Poradów,
Przesławice,
Pstroszyce Drugie,
Pstroszyce Pierwsze,
Siedliska,
Sławice Szlacheckie,
Strzeżów Drugi,
Strzeżów Pierwszy,
Szczepanowice,
Widnica,
Wielki Dół,
Wymysłów,
Zagorzyce,
Zapustka and
Zarogów.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Miechów 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 ...
,
Gołcza
Gołcza is a village in Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gołcza. It lies approximately west of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków ...
,
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 ...
,
Racławice
Racławice is a village located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It became famous after the victorious Battle of Racławice (1794) in the Kościuszko Uprising. It is the seat of a municipality ( Gmina Racławice) within Miechów ...
,
Radziemice
Radziemice is a village in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Radziemice. It lies approximately north-west of Proszowice and north-east of the reg ...
,
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
Słomniki
Słomniki is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Słomniki lies north of Kraków, among the hills of Lesser Poland Upland. On December 31, 2010, its population was 4,365, and the town is a center of commerce and ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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