Gmina Zator 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 Oświęcim County

Oswiecim County

Oświęcim 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 and largest town is Oświęcim, which lies ...

, 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 Zator

Zator

Zator is an old town on the Skawa river within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. From 1975 to 1998 it belonged to the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship. It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Zator...

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Oświęcim

Oswiecim

Oświęcim is a town in the Lesser Poland province of southern Poland, situated west of Kraków, near the confluence of the rivers Vistula and Soła.- History :...

 and 37 km (23 mi) 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 51.44 square kilometres (19.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,049 (out of which the population of Zator amounts to 3,726, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,323).

Villages

Apart from the town of Zator, Gmina Zator contains the villages and settlements of Graboszyce

Graboszyce

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

, Grodzisko

Grodzisko, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Laskowa

Laskowa, Oswiecim County

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

, Łowiczki, Palczowice

Palczowice

Palczowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zator, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Oświęcim and west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Podolsze

Podolsze

Podolsze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zator, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Zator, east of Oświęcim, and west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Rudze

Rudze

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

, Smolice

Smolice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Smolice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zator, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zator, east of Oświęcim, and west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

 and Trzebieńczyce

Trzebienczyce

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zator is bordered by the gminas of Alwernia

Gmina Alwernia

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

, Babice

Gmina Babice

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

, 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....

, Spytkowice

Gmina Spytkowice, Wadowice County

Gmina Spytkowice is a rural gmina in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Spytkowice, which lies approximately north of Wadowice 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....

 and 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....

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