Gmina Wieprz
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Gmina Wieprz 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 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 village of Wieprz
Wieprz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Wieprz is a village in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wieprz. It lies approximately west of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 5,002.-References:...

, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west 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...

 and 46 km (29 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 74.51 square kilometres (28.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 11,493.

Villages

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

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

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

 and Wieprz
Wieprz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Wieprz is a village in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wieprz. It lies approximately west of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 5,002.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wieprz is bordered by the gminas of Andrychów
Gmina Andrychów
Gmina Andrychów is an urban-rural gmina in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Andrychów, which lies approximately west of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

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

, Osiek
Gmina Osiek, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Gmina Osiek is a rural gmina in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek; it also contains the village of Głębowice....

, Polanka Wielka
Gmina Polanka Wielka
Gmina Polanka Wielka is a rural gmina in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Polanka Wielka, which lies approximately south-east of Oświęcim and west of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Przeciszów
Gmina Przeciszów
Gmina Przeciszów is a rural gmina in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Przeciszów, which lies approximately east of Oświęcim and 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....

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

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

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