Gmina Drwinia 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 village of Drwinia

Drwinia

Drwinia is a village in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Drwinia. It lies approximately north of Bochnia and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north 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 37 km (23 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 108.81 square kilometres (42 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,311.

Villages

Gmina Drwinia contains the villages and settlements of Bieńkowice

Bienkowice, Bochnia County

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

, Drwinia

Drwinia

Drwinia is a village in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Drwinia. It lies approximately north of Bochnia and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Dziewin

Dziewin, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Gawłówek, Ispina

Ispina

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

, Mikluszowice

Mikluszowice

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

, Niedary

Niedary, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Świniary

Swiniary, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Trawniki

Trawniki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Wola Drwińska

Wola Drwinska

Wola Drwińska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Drwinia, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Drwinia, north of Bochnia, and east of the regional capital Kraków. Wawrzyniec Styczeń was born there.-References:...

, Wyżyce

Wyzyce

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

 and Zielona

Zielona, Bochnia County

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Drwinia 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....

, Igołomia-Wawrzeńczyce, Kłaj, Koszyce

Gmina Koszyce

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

, Niepołomice, Nowe Brzesko

Gmina Nowe Brzesko

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

 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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