Gmina Brzeźnica 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 Wadowice County

Wadowice County

Wadowice 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 town of Wadowice, the birthplace of...

, 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 Brzeźnica

Brzeznica, Wadowice County

Brzeźnica is a village in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Brzeźnica. It lies approximately north-east of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,200.-References:...

, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Wadowice

Wadowice

Wadowice is a town in southern Poland, 50 km from Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants , situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Plateau...

 and 25 km (16 mi) south-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 gmina covers an area of 66.3 square kilometres (25.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,232.

Villages

Gmina Brzeźnica contains the villages and settlements of Bachorowice

Bachorowice

Bachorowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzeźnica, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has a population of 960.-References:...

, Bęczyn

Beczyn, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Brzezinka

Brzezinka, Gmina Brzeznica

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

, Brzeźnica

Brzeznica, Wadowice County

Brzeźnica is a village in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Brzeźnica. It lies approximately north-east of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,200.-References:...

, Chrząstowice

Chrzastowice, Wadowice County

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

, Kopytówka

Kopytówka

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

, Kossowa

Kossowa

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

, Łączany, Marcyporęba

Marcyporeba

Marcyporęba is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzeźnica, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Brzeźnica, north-east of Wadowice, and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Nowe Dwory

Nowe Dwory, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Paszkówka

Paszkówka

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

, Sosnowice

Sosnowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Tłuczań and Wyźrał.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Brzeźnica is bordered by the gminas of Czernichów, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is an urban-rural gmina in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland...

, Skawina

Gmina Skawina

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

, Spytkowice

Gmina Spytkowice, Wadowice County

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

 and Tomice

Gmina Tomice

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

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