Gmina Bochnia 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 Bochnia County

Bochnia County

Bochnia 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 Bochnia, 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 Bochnia

Bochnia

Bochnia is a town of 30,000 inhabitants on the river Raba in southern Poland. The town lies approximately in halfway [] between Tarnów and the regional capital Kraków . Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built circa 1248...

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 113.69 square kilometres (43.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 18,334.

Villages

Gmina Bochnia contains the villages and settlements of Baczków

Baczków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Bessów

Bessów

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

, Bogucice

Bogucice, Bochnia County

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

, Brzeźnica

Brzeznica, Bochnia County

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

, Buczyna

Buczyna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Cerekiew

Cerekiew, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Chełm, Cikowice

Cikowice

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

, Dąbrowica

Dabrowica, Bochnia County

Dąbrowica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bochnia, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland....

, Damienice

Damienice

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

, Gawłów, Gierczyce

Gierczyce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Gorzków

Gorzków, Bochnia County

Gorzków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bochnia, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Bochnia and east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 450....

, Grabina

Grabina, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Grabina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bochnia, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

, Krzyżanowice

Krzyzanowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Łapczyca, Majkowice

Majkowice, Bochnia County

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

, Moszczenica

Moszczenica, Bochnia County

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

, Nieprześnia

Nieprzesnia

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

, Nieszkowice Małe, Nieszkowice Wielkie

Nieszkowice Wielkie

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

, Ostrów Szlachecki

Ostrów Szlachecki

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

, Pogwizdów

Pogwizdów, Bochnia County

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

, Siedlec

Siedlec, Bochnia County

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

, Słomka, Stanisławice, Stradomka

Stradomka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Wola Nieszkowska

Wola Nieszkowska

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

, Zatoka

Zatoka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

 and Zawada

Zawada, Bochnia County

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Bochnia is bordered by the town of Bochnia

Bochnia

Bochnia is a town of 30,000 inhabitants on the river Raba in southern Poland. The town lies approximately in halfway [] between Tarnów and the regional capital Kraków . Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built circa 1248...

 and by the gminas of Brzesko

Gmina Brzesko

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

, Drwinia

Gmina Drwinia

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

, Gdów

Gmina Gdów

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

, Kłaj, Łapanów, Nowy Wiśnicz

Gmina Nowy Wisnicz

Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz is an urban-rural gmina in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowy Wiśnicz, which lies approximately south of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Rzezawa

Gmina Rzezawa

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

 and Szczurowa

Gmina Szczurowa

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

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