Gmina Świerklaniec 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 Tarnowskie Góry County

Tarnowskie Góry County

Tarnowskie Góry 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 Tarnowskie Góry,...

, 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 Świerklaniec

Swierklaniec

Świerklaniec is a village in Tarnowskie Góry County, in the Silesian Voivodeship of southwestern Poland.-Geography:Świerklaniec lies approximately east of Tarnowskie Góry and north of the regional capital Katowice in the Silesia region....

, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Tarnowskie Góry

Tarnowskie Góry

Tarnowskie Góry is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands....

 and 21 km (13 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 44.26 square kilometres (17.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,984.

Villages

Gmina Świerklaniec contains the villages and settlements of Nakło, Nowe Chechło, Orzech

Orzech, Silesian Voivodeship

Orzech is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świerklaniec, within Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Świerklaniec, east of Tarnowskie Góry, and north of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Świerklaniec

Swierklaniec

Świerklaniec is a village in Tarnowskie Góry County, in the Silesian Voivodeship of southwestern Poland.-Geography:Świerklaniec lies approximately east of Tarnowskie Góry and north of the regional capital Katowice in the Silesia region....

 and Wymysłów.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Świerklaniec is bordered by the towns of Miasteczko Śląskie

Miasteczko Slaskie

Miasteczko Śląskie is a small town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands....

, Piekary Śląskie

Piekary Slaskie

Piekary Śląskie is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The north district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 million...

, Radzionków

Radzionków

Radzionków is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands....

 and Tarnowskie Góry

Tarnowskie Góry

Tarnowskie Góry is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands....

, and by the gminas of Bobrowniki

Gmina Bobrowniki, Silesian Voivodeship

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

 and Ożarowice

Gmina Ozarowice

Gmina Ożarowice is a rural gmina in Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Ożarowice, which lies approximately east of Tarnowskie Góry and north of the regional capital Katowice....

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