Gmina Rajcza 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 Żywiec County

Zywiec County

Żywiec County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. 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 Żywiec,...

, 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...

, on the Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 border. Its seat is the village of Rajcza

Rajcza

Rajcza is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Rajcza. It lies approximately south of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 3,438.-References:...

, which lies approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) south of Żywiec

Zywiec

Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....

 and 83 km (52 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 131.17 square kilometres (50.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,049.

Villages

Gmina Rajcza contains the villages and settlements of Kiczora

Kiczora, Gmina Rajcza

Kiczora is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rajcza, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately west of Rajcza, south-west of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Rajcza

Rajcza

Rajcza is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Rajcza. It lies approximately south of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 3,438.-References:...

, Rycerka Dolna

Rycerka Dolna

Rycerka Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rajcza, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south of Rajcza, south of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a...

, Rycerka Górna

Rycerka Górna

Rycerka Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rajcza, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south-west of Rajcza, south-west of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village...

, Sól

Sól, Silesian Voivodeship

Sól is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rajcza, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately south-west of Rajcza, south-west of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a...

 and Zwardoń

Zwardon

Zwardoń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rajcza, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in the Silesian Beskids mountain range in southern Poland, on the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately west of Rajcza, south-west of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Rajcza is bordered by the gminas of Istebna

Gmina Istebna

Gmina Istebna is a rural gmina in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Its seat is the village of Istebna....

, Milówka

Gmina Milówka

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

 and Ujsoły. It also borders Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

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