Gmina Polanka Wielka 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 Oświęcim County

Oswiecim County

Oświęcim 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 and largest town is Oświęcim, which lies ...

, 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 Polanka Wielka

Polanka Wielka

Polanka Wielka is a village in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Polanka Wielka. It lies approximately south-east of Oświęcim and west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 3,800.-References:...

, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Oświęcim

Oswiecim

Oświęcim is a town in the Lesser Poland province of southern Poland, situated west of Kraków, near the confluence of the rivers Vistula and Soła.- History :...

 and 46 km (29 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 24.08 square kilometres (9.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,136.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Polanka Wielka is bordered by the gminas of Osiek

Gmina Osiek, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Gmina Osiek is a rural gmina in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek; it also contains the village of Głębowice....

, Oświęcim

Gmina Oswiecim

Gmina Oświęcim is a rural gmina in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Oświęcim, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Przeciszów

Gmina Przeciszów

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

 and Wieprz

Gmina Wieprz

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

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