Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
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Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 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 Wadowice County
Wadowice County
Wadowice 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 is the town of Wadowice, the birthplace of...

, 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 town of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a town in southern Poland with 4,429 inhabitants . It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship ; previously it was in the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship ....

, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) east of Wadowice
Wadowice
Wadowice is a town in southern Poland, 50 km from Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants , situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Plateau...

 and 29 km (18 mi) south-west 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 75.32 square kilometres (29.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 19,210 (out of which the population of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska amounts to 4,503, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 14,707).

Villages

Apart from the town of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska contains the villages and settlements of Barwałd Górny, Barwałd Średni, Brody
Brody, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Brody is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, east of Wadowice, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a...

, Bugaj
Bugaj, Wadowice County
Bugaj is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

, Leńcze
Lencze
Leńcze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, east of Wadowice, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Podolany
Podolany, Wadowice County
Podolany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, east of Wadowice, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Przytkowice
Przytkowice
Przytkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, east of Wadowice, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Stanisław Dolny, Zarzyce Małe, Zarzyce Wielkie
Zarzyce Wielkie
Zarzyce Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, east of Wadowice, and south-west of the regional capital...

 and Zebrzydowice
Zebrzydowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Zebrzydowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, east of Wadowice, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is bordered by the gminas of Brzeźnica
Gmina Brzeznica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Gmina Brzeźnica is a rural gmina in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Brzeźnica, which lies approximately north-east of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

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

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

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

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

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