Gmina Iwkowa 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 Brzesko County

Brzesko County

Brzesko 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 Brzesko, 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 Iwkowa

Iwkowa

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

, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Brzesko

Brzesko

Brzesko is a town in southern Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It lies approximately west of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków. Since Polish administrative reorganization , Brzesko has been the administrative capital of Brzesko County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship...

 and 53 km (33 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 47.19 square kilometres (18.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,061.

Villages

Gmina Iwkowa contains the villages and settlements of Dobrociesz

Dobrociesz

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

, Drużków Pusty

Druzków Pusty

Drużków Pusty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Iwkowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Iwkowa, south of Brzesko, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Iwkowa

Iwkowa

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

, Kąty

Katy, Brzesko County

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

, Połom Mały, Porąbka Iwkowska

Porabka Iwkowska

Porąbka Iwkowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Iwkowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Iwkowa, south of Brzesko, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Wojakowa

Wojakowa

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

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Neighbouring communes

Gmina Iwkowa is bordered by the gminas of Czchów

Gmina Czchów

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

, Laskowa

Gmina Laskowa

Gmina Laskowa is a rural gmina in Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Laskowa, which lies approximately north of Limanowa and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Lipnica Murowana

Gmina Lipnica Murowana

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

 and Łososina Dolna.