Gmina Charsznica 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 Miechów County

Miechów County

Miechów 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 only town is Miechów, which lies north...

, 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 Charsznica

Charsznica

Charsznica is a village in Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Charsznica. It lies approximately north-west of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Miechów

Miechów

Miechów is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about 40 km north of Kraków. It is the capital of Miechów County. Population is 11,852 ....

 and 39 km (24 mi) north 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 78.28 square kilometres (30.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,796.

Villages

Gmina Charsznica contains the villages and settlements of Charsznica

Charsznica

Charsznica is a village in Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Charsznica. It lies approximately north-west of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Chodów

Chodów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Ciszowice

Ciszowice

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

, Dąbrowiec

Dabrowiec, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Jelcza

Jelcza

Jelcza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Charsznica, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Charsznica, north-west of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Marcinkowice

Marcinkowice, Miechów County

Marcinkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Charsznica, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Charsznica, north-west of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Podlesice

Podlesice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Podlesice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Charsznica, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Charsznica, west of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Pogwizdów

Pogwizdów, Miechów County

Pogwizdów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Charsznica, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Charsznica, north-west of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Swojczany

Swojczany

Swojczany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Charsznica, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Charsznica, north-west of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Szarkówka

Szarkówka

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

, Tczyca

Tczyca

Tczyca is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Charsznica, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Charsznica, north-west of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Uniejów-Kolonia

Uniejów-Kolonia

Uniejów-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Charsznica, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Charsznica, north-west of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Uniejów-Parcela

Uniejów-Parcela

Uniejów-Parcela is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Charsznica, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Charsznica, north-west of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Uniejów-Rędziny

Uniejów-Redziny

Uniejów-Rędziny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Charsznica, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Charsznica, north-west of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Wierzbie

Wierzbie, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Wierzbie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Charsznica, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Charsznica, north-west of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Witowice

Witowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Witowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Charsznica, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Charsznica, west of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Charsznica is bordered by the gminas of Gołcza, Kozłów, Książ Wielki

Gmina Ksiaz Wielki

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

, Miechów

Gmina Miechów

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

, Wolbrom

Gmina Wolbrom

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

 and Żarnowiec

Gmina Zarnowiec

Gmina Żarnowiec is a rural gmina in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Żarnowiec, which lies approximately east of Zawiercie and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

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