Gmina Tuchów 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 Tarnów County

Tarnów County

Tarnów 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 Tarnów, 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 Tuchów

Tuchów

Tuchów is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 6,476 .- History :The history of Tuchów is very rich and interesting. The first historical note about Tuchów dates back to 1105...

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of Tarnów

Tarnów

Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...

 and 82 km (51 mi) east 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 100.14 square kilometres (38.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 17,654 (out of which the population of Tuchów amounts to 6,501, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,153).

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park

Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park

Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1995.The Park is shared between two voivodeships: Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Subcarpathian Voivodeship...

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Villages

Apart from the town of Tuchów, Gmina Tuchów contains the villages and settlements of Buchcice

Buchcice

Buchcice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has a population of 660.-References:...

, Burzyn

Burzyn, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Burzyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Tuchów, south of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Dąbrówka Tuchowska

Dabrówka Tuchowska

Dąbrówka Tuchowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Tuchów, south of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Jodłówka Tuchowska, Karwodrza

Karwodrza

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

, Łowczów, Lubaszowa

Lubaszowa

Lubaszowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Tuchów, south of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Meszna Opacka

Meszna Opacka

Meszna Opacka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Tuchów, south of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Piotrkowice

Piotrkowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Siedliska

Siedliska, Tarnów County

Siedliska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Tuchów, south of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Trzemeszna

Trzemeszna

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

 and Zabłędza.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Tuchów is bordered by the gminas of Gromnik

Gmina Gromnik

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

, Pleśna

Gmina Plesna

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

, Ryglice

Gmina Ryglice

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

, Rzepiennik Strzyżewski

Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyzewski

Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyżewski is a rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Rzepiennik Strzyżewski, which lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, Skrzyszów

Gmina Skrzyszów

Gmina Skrzyszów is a rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Skrzyszów, which lies approximately south-east of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Szerzyny

Gmina Szerzyny

Gmina Szerzyny is a rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Szerzyny, which lies approximately south-east of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Tarnów

Gmina Tarnów

Gmina Tarnów is a rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Tarnów, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

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