Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny is an urban-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 Rybnik County

Rybnik County

Rybnik 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 Rybnik, although the city is not...

, 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 town of Czerwionka-Leszczyny

Czerwionka-Leszczyny

Czerwionka-Leszczyny is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands....

, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Rybnik

Rybnik

Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union...

 and 24 km (15 mi) west 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 115.65 square kilometres (44.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 40,956 (out of which the population of Czerwionka-Leszczyny amounts to 28,486, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 12,470).

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Rudy Landscape Park

Rudy Landscape Park

Rudy Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of .The Park lies within Silesian Voivodeship: in Gliwice County , Pszczyna...

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Villages

Apart from the town of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny contains the villages and settlements of Bełk, Palowice

Palowice

Palowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, east of Rybnik, and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a...

, Przegędza

Przegedza

Przegędza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, north-east of Rybnik, and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a...

, Stanowice

Stanowice, Silesian Voivodeship

Stanowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, north-east of Rybnik, and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a...

 and Szczejkowice

Szczejkowice

Szczejkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, east of Rybnik, and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny is bordered by the towns of Knurów

Knurów

Knurów is a town near Katowice in Silesia, southern Poland. Knurów borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, a metropolis with a population of two million....

, Orzesze

Orzesze

Orzesze is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands....

, Rybnik

Rybnik

Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union...

 and Żory

Zory

Żory is a town and city county in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland with 62,625 inhabitants . Previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship . It is located in the historic Upper Silesia region about southwest of Katowice.- History :...

, and by the gminas of Ornontowice

Gmina Ornontowice

Gmina Ornontowice is a rural gmina in Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Ornontowice, which lies approximately west of Mikołów and south-west of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Pilchowice

Gmina Pilchowice

Gmina Pilchowice is a rural gmina in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Pilchowice, which lies approximately south-west of Gliwice and west of the regional capital Katowice....

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