__NOTOC__ Gmina Świerklaniec 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

Tarnowskie Góry County __NOTOC__ Tarnowskie Góry 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 ...

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, in southern

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. Its seat is the village of

Świerklaniec Świerklaniec (; ) is a village in Tarnowskie Góry County, in the Silesian Voivodeship of southwestern Poland. Formerly, from 1975 to 1998, Świerklaniec was a part of the Katowice Voivodeship. Geography Świerklaniec lies approximately east of ...

, which lies approximately east of

Tarnowskie Góry Tarnowskie Góry (; ; ) is a city in Silesia, southern Poland, located in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice and seat city of Tarnowskie Góry County Located in the north of the Metropolis GZM, a megalopolis (city type), megalopolis, the great ...

and north of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 12,328.

Villages

Gmina Świerklaniec contains the villages and settlements of Nakło, Nowe Chechło, Orzech and

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Świerklaniec is bordered by the towns of Miasteczko Śląskie, Piekary Śląskie, Radzionków and

, and by the gminas of Bobrowniki and Ożarowice.

References

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