Gmina Liszki 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 Kraków County

Kraków County

Kraków 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 city of Kraków, although the city is...

, 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 Liszki

Liszki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Liszki is a village in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Liszki. It lies approximately west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,850....

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) 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 72.03 square kilometres (27.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,636.

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 Bielany-Tyniec Landscape Park

Bielany-Tyniec Landscape Park

Bielany-Tyniec Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1981, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Gmina Liszki contains the villages and settlements of Baczyn

Baczyn, Kraków County

Baczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Liszki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Liszki and west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Budzyń

Budzyn, Kraków County

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

, Cholerzyn

Cholerzyn

Cholerzyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Liszki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Liszki and west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 940....

, Chrosna

Chrosna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Chrosna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Liszki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Liszki and west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Czułów, Jeziorzany

Jeziorzany, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kaszów

Kaszów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Kaszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Liszki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Liszki and west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 2,030....

, Kryspinów

Kryspinów

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

, Liszki

Liszki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Liszki is a village in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Liszki. It lies approximately west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,850....

, Mników

Mników, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Mników is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Liszki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Liszki and west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Morawica

Morawica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Morawica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Liszki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Liszki and west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 990....

, Piekary

Piekary, Kraków County

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

, Rączna

Raczna

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

 and Ściejowice

Sciejowice

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Liszki is bordered by the city of 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...

 and by the gminas of Czernichów, Krzeszowice

Gmina Krzeszowice

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

 and Zabierzów

Gmina Zabierzów

Gmina Zabierzów is a rural gmina in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Zabierzów, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

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