Gmina Zielonki 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 Kraków County

Kraków County

Kraków 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 Kraków, 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 village of Zielonki

Zielonki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Zielonki is a village in southern Poland. It is located in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and it is also the administrative center of the Gmina Zielonki. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north 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 48.4 square kilometres (18.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 15,740.

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

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 called Dłubnia Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Zielonki contains the villages and settlements of Batowice

Batowice

Batowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of central Kraków. Batowice is also the name of a neighbourhood within the city of Kraków, part of Mistrzejowice...

, Bibice

Bibice

Bibice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,600.-References:...

, Boleń

Bolen, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Boleń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 672.-References:...

, Bosutów

Bosutów

Bosutów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 672.-See also:...

, Brzozówka

Brzozówka, Kraków County

Brzozówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 380.-References:...

, Dziekanowice

Dziekanowice, Kraków County

Dziekanowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 600....

, Garlica Duchowna

Garlica Duchowna

Garlica Duchowna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 200....

, Garlica Murowana

Garlica Murowana

Garlica Murowana is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 330....

, Garliczka

Garliczka

Garliczka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 300.-References:...

, Grębynice

Grebynice

Grębynice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 290.-References:...

, Januszowice

Januszowice, Gmina Zielonki

Januszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Korzkiew

Korzkiew

Korzkiew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 170.-References:...

, Osiedle Łokietka, Owczary

Owczary, Kraków County

Owczary is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 900.-References:...

, Pękowice

Pekowice

Pękowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 310.-References:...

, Przybysławice, Trojanowice

Trojanowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Trojanowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Węgrzce

Wegrzce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Węgrzce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,400.-References:...

, Wola Zachariaszowska

Wola Zachariaszowska

Wola Zachariaszowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zielonki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 320....

 and Zielonki

Zielonki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Zielonki is a village in southern Poland. It is located in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and it is also the administrative center of the Gmina Zielonki. It lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zielonki is bordered by the city of 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...

 and by the gminas of Iwanowice

Gmina Iwanowice

Gmina Iwanowice is a rural gmina in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Iwanowice, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Michałowice, Skała and Wielka Wieś

Gmina Wielka Wies

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

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