Gmina Milówka 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 Milówka

Milówka

Milówka is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Milówka. It lies It is situated in Żywiec Beskids mountain range, approximately south-west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population...

, which lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west 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 77 km (48 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 98.33 square kilometres (38 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,965.

Villages

Gmina Milówka contains the villages and settlements of Kamesznica

Kamesznica

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

, Laliki

Laliki

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

, Milówka

Milówka

Milówka is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Milówka. It lies It is situated in Żywiec Beskids mountain range, approximately south-west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population...

, Nieledwia

Nieledwia

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

 and Szare

Szare

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Milówka is bordered by the town of Wisła and by the gminas of Istebna

Gmina Istebna

Gmina Istebna is a rural gmina in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Its seat is the village of Istebna....

, 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....

, Rajcza

Gmina Rajcza

Gmina Rajcza is a rural gmina in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Rajcza, which lies approximately south 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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