Gmina Gdów 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 Wieliczka County

Wieliczka County

Wieliczka County is a unit of territorial administration and local government 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 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Wieliczka, which lies ...

, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...

, 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 Gdów

Gdów

Gdów is a village in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Gdów. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-east of Wieliczka

Wieliczka

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 and 26 km (16 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

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The gmina covers an area of 108 square kilometres (41.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 16,340.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Gdów is bordered by the gminas of Bochnia

Gmina Bochnia

Gmina Bochnia is a rural gmina in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Bochnia, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Dobczyce

Gmina Dobczyce

Gmina Dobczyce is an urban-rural gmina in Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Dobczyce, which lies approximately north-east of Myślenice and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Łapanów, Niepołomice, Raciechowice

Gmina Raciechowice

Gmina Raciechowice is a rural gmina in Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Raciechowice, which lies approximately east of Myślenice and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Wieliczka

Gmina Wieliczka

Gmina Wieliczka is an urban-rural gmina in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieliczka, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

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Villages

The gmina contains the following villages having the status of sołectwo: Bilczyce

Bilczyce

Bilczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Cichawa

Cichawa

Cichawa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Czyżów

Czyzów, Wieliczka County

Czyżów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Fałkowice, Gdów

Gdów

Gdów is a village in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Gdów. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Hucisko

Hucisko, Wieliczka County

Hucisko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Gdów, south-east of Wieliczka, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Jaroszówka

Jaroszówka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Jaroszówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland....

, Klęczana

Kleczana

Klęczana is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland....

, Krakuszowice

Krakuszowice

Krakuszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Gdów, east of Wieliczka, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Książnice

Ksiaznice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Książnice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Gdów, east of Wieliczka, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Kunice

Kunice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Kunice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Gdów, south-east of Wieliczka, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Liplas

Liplas

Liplas is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Gdów, east of Wieliczka, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Marszowice

Marszowice, Wieliczka County

Marszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Niegowić

Niegowic

Niegowić is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Niewiarów

Niewiarów

Niewiarów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland....

, Nieznanowice

Nieznanowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Nieznanowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Gdów, south-east of Wieliczka, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Niżowa

Nizowa

Niżowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Gdów, south-east of Wieliczka, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Pierzchów

Pierzchów

Pierzchów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski was born in Pierzchów.The village has a...

, Podolany

Podolany, Wieliczka County

Podolany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Stryszowa

Stryszowa

Stryszowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Świątniki Dolne

Swiatniki Dolne

Świątniki Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Wieliczka and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Szczytniki

Szczytniki, Wieliczka County

Szczytniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Gdów, east of Wieliczka, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Wiatowice

Wiatowice

Wiatowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Wieniec, Winiary

Winiary, Wieliczka County

Winiary is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Gdów, south-east of Wieliczka, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Zagórzany

Zagórzany, Wieliczka County

Zagórzany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Gdów, south-east of Wieliczka, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Zalesiany

Zalesiany, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Zalesiany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland....

, Zborczyce

Zborczyce

Zborczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

 and Zręczyce

Zreczyce

Zręczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gdów, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

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