Gmina Wadowice 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 Wadowice County

Wadowice County

Wadowice 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 town of Wadowice, the birthplace of...

, 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 Wadowice

Wadowice

Wadowice is a town in southern Poland, 50 km from Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants , situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Plateau...

, which lies approximately 38 kilometres (24 mi) south-west 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 113 square kilometres (43.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 37,481 (out of which the population of Wadowice amounts to 19,149, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,332).

Villages

Apart from the town of Wadowice, Gmina Wadowice contains the villages and settlements of Babica

Babica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Babica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wadowice, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has a population of 840.-References:...

, Barwałd Dolny, Chocznia

Chocznia

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

, Gorzeń Dolny

Gorzen Dolny

Gorzeń Dolny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wadowice, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Gorzeń Górny

Gorzen Górny

Gorzeń Górny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wadowice, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Jaroszowice

Jaroszowice

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

, Kaczyna

Kaczyna

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

, Klecza Dolna

Klecza Dolna

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

, Klecza Górna

Klecza Górna

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

, Ponikiew

Ponikiew, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Ponikiew-Chobot

Ponikiew-Chobot

Ponikiew-Chobot is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wadowice, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has a population of 286....

, Roków

Roków

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

, Stanisław Górny, Wysoka

Wysoka, Wadowice County

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

 and Zawadka

Zawadka, Wadowice County

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wadowice is bordered by the gminas of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is an urban-rural gmina in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland...

, Mucharz

Gmina Mucharz

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

, Stryszów

Gmina Stryszów

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

, Tomice

Gmina Tomice

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

, Wieprz

Gmina Wieprz

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

 and Zembrzyce

Gmina Zembrzyce

Gmina Zembrzyce is a rural gmina in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Zembrzyce, which lies approximately north of Sucha Beskidzka and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

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