Gmina Biskupice 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 Wieliczka County

Wieliczka County

Wieliczka 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 Wieliczka, 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...

. It takes its name from the village of Biskupice

Biskupice, Wieliczka County

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

, but its seat is the village of Trąbki

Trabki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Trąbki is a village in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Biskupice. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Wieliczka

Wieliczka

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 and 19 km (12 mi) south-east 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 41 square kilometres (15.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,672.

Villages

Gmina Biskupice contains the villages and settlements of Biskupice

Biskupice, Wieliczka County

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

, Bodzanów

Bodzanów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Bodzanów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupice, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Jawczyce

Jawczyce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Jawczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupice, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Trąbki , south-east of Wieliczka, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Łazany, Przebieczany

Przebieczany

Przebieczany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupice, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Sławkowice, Sułów, Szczygłów, Tomaszkowice

Tomaszkowice

Tomaszkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupice, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Trąbki

Trabki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Trąbki is a village in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Biskupice. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Zabłocie and Zborówek

Zborówek, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Zborówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biskupice, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Biskupice is bordered by the gminas of Niepołomice and Wieliczka

Gmina Wieliczka

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

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Tourist attractions

• St. Peter and Paul church in the Bodzanów
• Church in the Biskupice
• Palace in Łazany