Gmina Bestwina is a rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Bielsko County

Bielsko County

Bielsko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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. Its administrative seat is the city of Bielsko-Biała, although the city...

, Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...

, in southern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the village of Bestwina

Bestwina

Bestwina is a village in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bestwina. It lies approximately north of Bielsko-Biała and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Bielsko-Biała

Bielsko-Biała

-Economy and Industry:Nowadays Bielsko-Biała is one of the best-developed parts of Poland. It was ranked 2nd best city for business in that country by Forbes. About 5% of people are unemployed . Bielsko-Biała is famous for its textile, machine-building, and especially automotive industry...

 and 40 km (25 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

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The gmina covers an area of 37.55 square kilometres (14.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,412.

Villages

Gmina Bestwina contains the villages and settlements of Bestwina

Bestwina

Bestwina is a village in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bestwina. It lies approximately north of Bielsko-Biała and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Bestwinka

Bestwinka

Bestwinka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bestwina, within Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bestwina, north of Bielsko-Biała, and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Janowice

Janowice, Silesian Voivodeship

Janowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bestwina, within Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Bestwina, north of Bielsko-Biała, and south of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Kaniów

Kaniów, Silesian Voivodeship

Kaniów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bestwina, within Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bestwina, north of Bielsko-Biała, and south of the regional capital Katowice....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bestwina is bordered by the city of Bielsko-Biała

Bielsko-Biała

-Economy and Industry:Nowadays Bielsko-Biała is one of the best-developed parts of Poland. It was ranked 2nd best city for business in that country by Forbes. About 5% of people are unemployed . Bielsko-Biała is famous for its textile, machine-building, and especially automotive industry...

 and by the gminas of Czechowice-Dziedzice

Gmina Czechowice-Dziedzice

Gmina Czechowice-Dziedzice is an urban-rural gmina in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Czechowice-Dziedzice, which lies approximately north-west of Bielsko-Biała and south of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of...

, Miedźna

Gmina Miedzna

Gmina Miedzna is a rural gmina in Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Miedzna, which lies approximately north-east of Węgrów and east of Warsaw....

, Pszczyna

Gmina Pszczyna

Gmina Pszczyna is an urban-rural gmina in Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Pszczyna, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Wilamowice

Gmina Wilamowice

Gmina Wilamowice is an urban-rural gmina in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Wilamowice, which lies approximately north-east of Bielsko-Biała and south of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

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