Gmina Świdnica 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 Świdnica County

Swidnica County

Świdnica County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of...

, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

, in south-western 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 Świdnica

Swidnica

Świdnica is a city in south-western Poland in the region of Silesia. It has a population of 60,317 according to 2006 figures. It lies in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, being the seventh largest town in that voivodeship. From 1975–98 it was in the former Wałbrzych Voivodeship...

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 208.28 square kilometres (80.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,210.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Świdnica is bordered by the gminas of Dzierżoniów

Gmina Dzierzoniów

Gmina Dzierżoniów is a rural gmina in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Dzierżoniów, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Jaworzyna Śląska

Gmina Jaworzyna Slaska

Flag of the Gmina Jaworzyna ŚląskaGmina Jaworzyna Śląska is an urban-rural gmina in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

, Marcinowice

Gmina Marcinowice

Gmina Marcinowice is a rural gmina in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Marcinowice, which lies approximately east of Świdnica and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Walim

Gmina Walim

Gmina Walim is a rural gmina in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Walim, which lies approximately south-east of Wałbrzych, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Żarów

Gmina Zarów

Gmina Żarów is an urban-rural gmina in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Żarów, which lies approximately north-east of Świdnica, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

.

Villages

The gmina contains the villages of Bojanice

Bojanice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Bojanice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Boleścin

Bolescin, Swidnica County

Boleścin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Burkatów

Burkatów

Burkatów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Bystrzyca Dolna

Bystrzyca Dolna

Bystrzyca Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

, Bystrzyca Górna

Bystrzyca Górna

Bystrzyca Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Gogołów, Grodziszcze

Grodziszcze, Swidnica County

Grodziszcze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

, Jagodnik

Jagodnik, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Jagodnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Jakubów

Jakubów, Swidnica County

Jakubów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.-References:...

, Komorów

Komorów, Swidnica County

Komorów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Krzczonów

Krzczonów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Krzczonów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Krzyżowa, Lubachów

Lubachów

Lubachów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Lutomia Dolna

Lutomia Dolna

Lutomia Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Lutomia Górna

Lutomia Górna

Lutomia Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Lutomia Mała, Makowice

Makowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Makowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Miłochów, Modliszów

Modliszów

Modliszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Mokrzeszów

Mokrzeszów

Mokrzeszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Niegoszów

Niegoszów

Niegoszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Opoczka

Opoczka

Opoczka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Panków

Panków

Panków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Pogorzała, Pszenno

Pszenno

Pszenno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.It is located approximately east of Świdnica, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław....

, Słotwina, Stachowice

Stachowice

Stachowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Stachowiczki

Stachowiczki

Stachowiczki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately south-east of Świdnica and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.-References:...

, Sulisławice, Wieruszów

Wieruszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Wieruszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Wilków

Wilków, Swidnica County

Wilków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Wiśniowa

Wisniowa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Wiśniowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Witoszów Dolny

Witoszów Dolny

Witoszów Dolny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Witoszów Górny

Witoszów Górny

Witoszów Górny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Zawiszów

Zawiszów, Swidnica County

Zawiszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

 and Złoty Las.