Gmina Chrzanów 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 Chrzanów County

Chrzanów County

Chrzanów 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 Chrzanów, 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 Chrzanów

Chrzanów

Chrzanów is a town in south Poland with 39,704 inhabitants . It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and is the capital of Chrzanów County.- To 1809:...

, which lies approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) 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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Overview

The gmina covers an area of 79.33 square kilometres (30.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 49,752 (out of which the population of Chrzanów amounts to 39,797, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,955).

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Tenczynek Landscape Park

Tenczynek Landscape Park

Tenczynek Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1981, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Chrzanów, Gmina Chrzanów contains the villages and settlements of Balin

Balin, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Luszowice

Luszowice, Chrzanów County

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

, Płaza and Pogorzyce

Pogorzyce

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Chrzanów is bordered by the city of Jaworzno

Jaworzno

Jaworzno is a city in southern Poland, near Katowice. The east district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Przemsza river ....

 and by the gminas of Alwernia

Gmina Alwernia

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

, Babice

Gmina Babice

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

, Libiąż

Gmina Libiaz

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

 and Trzebinia

Gmina Trzebinia

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

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External links

• Polish official population figures 2006