Gmina Pilchowice 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 Gliwice County

Gliwice County

Gliwice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian 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 Gliwice, although the city is not...

, 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 Pilchowice

Pilchowice, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Gliwice

Gliwice

Gliwice is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Gliwice is the west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – a metropolis with a population of 2 million...

 and 32 km (20 mi) 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 67.51 square kilometres (26.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,265.

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 Rudy Landscape Park

Rudy Landscape Park

Rudy Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of .The Park lies within Silesian Voivodeship: in Gliwice County , Pszczyna...

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Villages

Gmina Pilchowice contains the villages and settlements of Kuźnia Nieborowska

Kuznia Nieborowska

Kuźnia Nieborowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pilchowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Gliwice and west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Leboszowice

Leboszowice

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

, Nieborowice

Nieborowice

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

, Pilchowice

Pilchowice, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Stanica

Stanica, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Wilcza

Wilcza, Silesian Voivodeship

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

 and Żernica

Zernica

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Pilchowice is bordered by the towns of Gliwice

Gliwice

Gliwice is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Gliwice is the west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – a metropolis with a population of 2 million...

, Knurów

Knurów

Knurów is a town near Katowice in Silesia, southern Poland. Knurów borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, a metropolis with a population of two million....

 and Rybnik

Rybnik

Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union...

, 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...

, Kuźnia Raciborska

Gmina Kuznia Raciborska

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

 and Sośnicowice

Gmina Sosnicowice

Gmina Sośnicowice is an urban-rural gmina in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Sośnicowice, which lies approximately west of Gliwice and west of the regional capital Katowice....

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