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Gmina Skała 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
Kraków County
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Kraków County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 199 ...
,
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
Skała, 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 9,635 (out of which the population of Skała amounts to 3,693, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,942).
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
DÅ‚ubnia Landscape Park.
Villages
Apart from the town of Skała, Gmina Skała contains the villages and settlements of
Barbarka,
Cianowice Duże,
Cianowice Małe,
Gołyszyn,
Maszyce,
Minoga,
Niebyła,
Nowa WieÅ›,
Ojców,
Poręba Laskowska,
Przybysławice,
Rzeplin,
Smardzowice,
Sobiesęki,
Stoki,
Świńczów,
Szczodrkowice and
Zamłynie.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Skała is bordered by the gminas of
Gołcza,
Iwanowice,
Jerzmanowice-Przeginia,
Sułoszowa,
Trzyciąż,
Wielka WieÅ› and
Zielonki.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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