Gmina Ornontowice 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 Mikołów County, 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 Ornontowice

Ornontowice

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

, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Mikołów and 19 km (12 mi) south-west 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...

.

The gmina covers an area of 15.1 square kilometres (5.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,566.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ornontowice is bordered by the towns of Mikołów and Orzesze

Orzesze

Orzesze is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands....

, and by the gminas of Czerwionka-Leszczyny

Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny

Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny is an urban-rural gmina in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, which lies approximately north-east of Rybnik and west of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

 and Gierałtowice.