Gmina Brzesko 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 Brzesko County

Brzesko County

Brzesko 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 Brzesko, 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 Brzesko

Brzesko

Brzesko is a town in southern Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It lies approximately west of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków. Since Polish administrative reorganization , Brzesko has been the administrative capital of Brzesko County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship...

, which lies approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) 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 102.57 square kilometres (39.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 35,438 (out of which the population of Brzesko amounts to 16,827, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,611).

Villages

Apart from the town of Brzesko, Gmina Brzesko contains the villages and settlements of Bucze

Bucze, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Bucze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzesko, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Brzesko and east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,327....

, Jadowniki

Jadowniki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Jasień

Jasien, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Jasień is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzesko, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Brzesko and east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 2,200....

, Mokrzyska

Mokrzyska

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

, Okocim

Okocim

Okocim is a village in Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. Less than away from the village is Brzesko city. Okocim lies approximately south-west of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Poręba Spytkowska

Poreba Spytkowska

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

, Sterkowiec

Sterkowiec

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

, Szczepanów

Szczepanów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

 and Wokowice

Wokowice

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Brzesko is bordered by the gminas of Bochnia

Gmina Bochnia

Gmina Bochnia is a rural gmina in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Bochnia, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Borzęcin

Gmina Borzecin

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

, Dębno

Gmina Debno, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Gnojnik

Gmina Gnojnik

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

, 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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