__NOTOC__ Gmina Żegocina 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

Bochnia County __NOTOC__ Bochnia 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 ...

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, in southern

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. Its seat is the village of Żegocina, which lies approximately south of

Bochnia Bochnia is a town on the river Raba in southern Poland, administrative seat of Bochnia County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The town lies approximately halfway between Tarnów (east) and the regional capital Kraków (west). Bochnia is most noted ...

and south-east of the regional capital

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. The ''gmina'' covers an area of , and as of 31 December 2008 its total population was 5069.Polish official population figures 2008
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Villages

Gmina Żegocina is made up of the ''

sołectwo A sołectwo ( Polish plural: ''sołectwa'') is an administrative unit in Poland, an optional subdivision of a gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. ...

s'' of the villages of Bełdno, Bytomsko, Łąkta Górna, Rozdziele and Żegocina.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Żegocina is bordered by the town of

and by the ''gminas'' of Laskowa,

Lipnica Murowana Lipnica Murowana is a village in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. It is the seat of the district called Gmina Lipnica Murowana, within Bochnia County. The village is ...

Nowy Wiśnicz Nowy Wiśnicz () is a small town in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,728 inhabitants (2019). Located south of Bochnia, Nowy Wiśnicz is renowned for its Italianate fortified castle which dominates the skyline. Former s ...

and Trzciana.

References

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