Gmina Poraj 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 Myszków County

Myszków County

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

, 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 Poraj

Poraj, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-west of Myszków

Myszków

Myszków is a town in Poland, with 33,016 inhabitants . It is the capital of Myszków County.Situated in the Silesian Voivodeship , previously in Czestochowa Voivodeship .-External links:...

 and 50 km (31 mi) north 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 58.53 square kilometres (22.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,467.

Villages

Gmina Poraj contains the villages and settlements of Choroń

Choron

Choroń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poraj, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Myszków and north of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 1,438....

, Choroń-Baranowizna

Choron-Baranowizna

Choroń-Baranowizna is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Poraj, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

, Choroń-Rajczykowizna

Choron-Rajczykowizna

Choroń-Rajczykowizna is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Poraj, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

, Dębowiec

Debowiec, Myszków County

Dębowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poraj, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Myszków and north of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 200....

, Gęzyn

Gezyn

Gęzyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poraj, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Poraj, north-west of Myszków, and north of the regional capital Katowice....

, Jastrząb

Jastrzab, Silesian Voivodeship

Jastrząb is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poraj, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Myszków and north of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Kuźnica Stara

Kuznica Stara

Kuźnica Stara is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poraj, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Myszków and north of the regional capital Katowice....

, Kuźnica-Folwark

Kuznica-Folwark

Kuźnica-Folwark is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Poraj, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Poraj, north-west of Myszków, and north of the regional capital Katowice....

, Masłońskie, Poraj

Poraj, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Pustkowie Gęzyńskie

Pustkowie Gezynskie

Pustkowie Gęzyńskie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Poraj, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Poraj, north-west of Myszków, and north of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Żarki-Letnisko

Zarki-Letnisko

Żarki-Letnisko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poraj, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Myszków and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Poraj is bordered by the town of Myszków

Myszków

Myszków is a town in Poland, with 33,016 inhabitants . It is the capital of Myszków County.Situated in the Silesian Voivodeship , previously in Czestochowa Voivodeship .-External links:...

 and by the gminas of Kamienica Polska

Gmina Kamienica Polska

Gmina Kamienica Polska is a rural gmina in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kamienica Polska, which lies approximately south of Częstochowa and north of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Koziegłowy, Olsztyn

Gmina Olsztyn

Gmina Olsztyn is a rural gmina in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Olsztyn, which lies approximately south-east of Częstochowa and north of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Żarki

Gmina Zarki

Gmina Żarki is an urban-rural gmina in Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Żarki, which lies approximately north-east of Myszków and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

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