Gmina Świerklany 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 Rybnik County

Rybnik County

Rybnik 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 is the city of Rybnik, although the city is not...

, 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 Jankowice Rybnickie

Jankowice Rybnickie

Jankowice Rybnickie is a village in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Świerklany. It lies approximately south of Rybnik and south-west of the regional capital Katowice....

, which lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Rybnik

Rybnik

Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union...

 and 41 km (25 mi) south-west 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...

. Until 1999 its seat was Świerklany Górne

Swierklany Górne

Świerklany Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świerklany, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Jankowice Rybnickie, south of Rybnik, and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a...

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The gmina covers an area of 24.17 square kilometres (9.3 sq mi), and as of 2008 its total population is 11,347.

Villages

Gmina Świerklany contains the villages and settlements of Jankowice Rybnickie

Jankowice Rybnickie

Jankowice Rybnickie is a village in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Świerklany. It lies approximately south of Rybnik and south-west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Michałkowice (part of Jankowice Rybnickie), Świerklany Dolne

Swierklany Dolne

Świerklany Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świerklany, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Jankowice Rybnickie, south of Rybnik, and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a...

 ("Lower Świerklany") and Świerklany Górne

Swierklany Górne

Świerklany Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świerklany, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Jankowice Rybnickie, south of Rybnik, and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a...

 ("Upper Świerklany").

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Świerklany is bordered by the towns of Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Rybnik

Rybnik

Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union...

 and Żory

Zory

Żory is a town and city county in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland with 62,625 inhabitants . Previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship . It is located in the historic Upper Silesia region about southwest of Katowice.- History :...

, and by the gminas of Marklowice

Gmina Marklowice

Gmina Marklowice is a rural gmina in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Marklowice, which lies approximately east of Wodzisław Śląski and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Mszana

Gmina Mszana

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

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