Gmina Swiatniki Górne
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Gmina Świątniki Górne 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 Kraków County
Kraków County
Kraków 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 is the city of Kraków, although the city is...

, 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 town of Świątniki Górne
Swiatniki Górne
Świątniki Górne is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Kraków Voivodeship ....

, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south 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 20.17 square kilometres (7.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,619 (out of which the population of Świątniki Górne amounts to 2,101, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,518).

Villages

Apart from the town of Świątniki Górne, Gmina Świątniki Górne contains the villages and settlements of Ochojno
Ochojno
Ochojno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świątniki Górne, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Świątniki Górne and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Olszowice
Olszowice
Olszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świątniki Górne, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Świątniki Górne and south of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Rzeszotary
Rzeszotary, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Rzeszotary is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świątniki Górne, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świątniki Górne and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Rzeszotary Górne
Rzeszotary Górne
Rzeszotary Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świątniki Górne, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świątniki Górne and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Wrząsowice
Wrzasowice
Wrząsowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świątniki Górne, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świątniki Górne and south of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

 and Zalesie
Zalesie, Gmina Swiatniki Górne
Zalesie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Świątniki Górne, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Świątniki Górne and south of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Świątniki Górne is bordered by the city of 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...

 and by the gminas of Mogilany
Gmina Mogilany
Gmina Mogilany is a rural gmina in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Mogilany, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Siepraw
Gmina Siepraw
Gmina Siepraw is a rural gmina in Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Siepraw, which lies approximately north of Myślenice and south of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Wieliczka
Gmina Wieliczka
Gmina Wieliczka is an urban-rural gmina in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieliczka, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

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