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Gmina Porąbka 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
Bielsko County
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Bielsko 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. I ...
,
Silesian Voivodeship
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, in southern
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Porąbka, which lies approximately east of
Bielsko-Biała
Bielsko-Biała (; ; , ; ) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the List of cities and towns in Poland#Largest cities and towns by population, 22nd largest city in Poland, and an a ...
and south 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 15,582.
Villages
Gmina Porąbka contains the villages and settlements of
Bujaków,
Czaniec,
Kobiernice and
Porąbka.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Porąbka is bordered by the gminas of
Andrychów,
Czernichów,
Kęty
Kęty is a town in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland with 18,955 inhabitants (2012).
The town located in Silesian Foothills dates its earliest document from 1277 when Polish prince of Opole Władysław confirmed sale of the se ...
,
Kozy and
Łękawica.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Porąbka is
twinned with:
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Túrkeve, Hungary
References
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Porabka
Bielsko County