Gorzów ' is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmek, within 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. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Chełmek, 5 kilometres (3 mi) north 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 51 km (32 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 village has an approximate population of 2,400.

Gorzów lies close to two rivers: the Vistula and Przemsza

Przemsza

Przemsza is a river in the south of Poland, a tributary of the Vistula.It originates at the confluence of the Black Przemsza and White Przemsza between the cities of Mysłowice and Jaworzno, and flows about southwards along the towns of Imielin and Chełmek to its mouth northeast of...

, on a wide and flat terrace common to both rivers, area of 391 hectares. The western and southern borders are naturally drawn by Przemsza river and Vistula river, on the other side of the rivers are located: south side - the city 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 :...

, west side - Czarnuchowice – district of the city Nowy Bieruń

Bierun

Bieruń is a town in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland, about south of Katowice. The town belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously to Katowice Voivodeship and, before World War II, was part of the Polish Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship.-Geography:It is located...

. The east and north borders are delimited artificially and runs irregularly: east side - village Bobrek

Bobrek, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Bobrek is a village located adjacent to the city of Oświęcim, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. During the Second World War, Nazi Germany operated a concentration camp at Bobrek. It lies approximately south of Chełmek, north-east of Oświęcim, and west of the regional capital Kraków.The...

, north side - the municipal city Chełmek. Citizens of Gorzów use the local names of individual rural districts, such as: Babin, Kopanki, Cholerny cmentarz, Orliska, Piaski, Małowy, New Village. Main roads in Gorzów: Oświęcimska, Gorzowska, Szkolna, Nowowiejska - which are regional/county roads are administered by the County Roads Administration in Oświęcim, the other roads are administered by the municipality city Chełmek. To the east is located the inter-regional road number 933, which is partially border between Bobrek and Gorzów.