Gmina Wegierska Górka
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Gmina Węgierska Górka 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 Żywiec County
Zywiec County
Żywiec County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Żywiec,...

, 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 Węgierska Górka
Wegierska Górka
Węgierska Górka is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Węgierska Górka. It lies approximately south-west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice...

, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Żywiec
Zywiec
Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....

 and 73 km (45 mi) south 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 77.06 square kilometres (29.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 14,640.

Villages

Gmina Węgierska Górka contains the villages and settlements of Cięcina
Ciecina
Cięcina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgierska Górka, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Cisiec
Cisiec
Cisiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgierska Górka, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Węgierska Górka, south-west of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Węgierska Górka
Wegierska Górka
Węgierska Górka is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Węgierska Górka. It lies approximately south-west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice...

 and Żabnica
Zabnica, Silesian Voivodeship
Żabnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgierska Górka, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Węgierska Górka, south of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Węgierska Górka is bordered by the gminas of Jeleśnia
Gmina Jelesnia
Gmina Jeleśnia is a rural gmina in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Jeleśnia, which lies approximately south-east of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....

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

, Radziechowy-Wieprz
Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz
Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz is a rural gmina in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Wieprz, which lies approximately south of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Ujsoły.
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