Gmina Pszczyna is an urban-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 Pszczyna County

Pszczyna County

Pszczyna 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 only town is Pszczyna, which lies south of...

, 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 town of Pszczyna

Pszczyna

Pszczyna is a town in southern Poland with 26,827 inhabitants within the immediate gmina rising to 50,121 inhabitants in the powiat, which includes the town of Pszczyna, itself, Brzeźce , Czarków , Ćwiklice , Jankowice , Łąka , Piasek , Poręba , Rudołtowice , Studzionka , Studzienice , Wisła...

, which lies approximately 30 kilometres (19 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 174.01 square kilometres (67.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 49,887 (out of which the population of Pszczyna amounts to 25,621, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 24,266).

Villages

Apart from the town of Pszczyna, Gmina Pszczyna contains the villages and settlements of Brzeźce

Brzezce

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

, Ćwiklice

Cwiklice

Ćwiklice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pszczyna, within Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Pszczyna and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Czarków

Czarków

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

, Jankowice, Łąka, Piasek

Piasek

Piasek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pszczyna, within Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Pszczyna and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Poręba, Rudołtowice, Studzienice, Studzionka

Studzionka

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

, Wisła Mała and Wisła Wielka.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Pszczyna is bordered by the gminas of Bestwina

Gmina Bestwina

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

, Bojszowy

Gmina Bojszowy

Gmina Bojszowy is a rural gmina in Bieruń-Lędziny County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bojszowy, which lies approximately south of Bieruń and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Czechowice-Dziedzice

Gmina Czechowice-Dziedzice

Gmina Czechowice-Dziedzice is an urban-rural gmina in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Czechowice-Dziedzice, which lies approximately north-west of Bielsko-Biała and south of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of...

, Goczałkowice-Zdrój, Kobiór

Gmina Kobiór

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

, Miedźna

Gmina Miedzna

Gmina Miedzna is a rural gmina in Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Miedzna, which lies approximately north-east of Węgrów and east of Warsaw....

, Pawłowice, Strumień

Gmina Strumien

Gmina Strumień is an urban-rural gmina in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia...

 and Suszec

Gmina Suszec

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

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