Gmina Jeleśnia 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 Żywiec County

Zywiec County

Żywiec County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Żywiec,...

, 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 Jeleśnia

Jelesnia

Jeleśnia is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Jeleśnia. It lies approximately south-east of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Żywiec

Zywiec

Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....

 and 71 km (44 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 170.51 square kilometres (65.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 13,456.

Villages

Gmina Jeleśnia contains the villages and settlements of Jeleśnia

Jelesnia

Jeleśnia is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Jeleśnia. It lies approximately south-east of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Korbielów

Korbielów

Korbielów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeleśnia, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, near the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south of Jeleśnia, south-east of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a...

, Krzyżowa

Krzyzowa, Silesian Voivodeship

Krzyżowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeleśnia, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Jeleśnia, south-east of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Krzyżówki

Krzyzówki, Silesian Voivodeship

Krzyżówki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeleśnia, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, near the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south-east of Jeleśnia, south-east of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has...

, Mutne

Mutne

Mutne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeleśnia, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Jeleśnia, south-east of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Pewel Wielka

Pewel Wielka

Pewel Wielka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeleśnia, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Jeleśnia, south-east of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Przyborów

Przyborów, Silesian Voivodeship

Przyborów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeleśnia, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Jeleśnia, south-east of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Sopotnia Mała and Sopotnia Wielka

Sopotnia Wielka

Sopotnia Wielka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeleśnia, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Jeleśnia, south-east of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Jeleśnia is bordered by the gminas of Koszarawa

Gmina Koszarawa

Gmina Koszarawa is a rural gmina in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Koszarawa, part of which forms a separate sołectwo called Koszarawa Bystra....

, Radziechowy-Wieprz

Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz

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

, Stryszawa

Gmina Stryszawa

Gmina Stryszawa is a rural gmina in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Stryszawa, which lies approximately west of Sucha Beskidzka and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Świnna

Gmina Swinna

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

, Ujsoły and Węgierska Górka

Gmina Wegierska Górka

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

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