Gmina Gaszowice 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 Rybnik County

Rybnik County

Rybnik County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian 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 city of Rybnik, although the city is not...

, Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...

, 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 Gaszowice

Gaszowice, Silesian Voivodeship

Gaszowice is a village in southern Poland located in the Silesian Voivodeship in Rybnik County . From 1975 to 1998 the village belonged to and was administered by the Katowice Voivodeship...

, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) west of Rybnik

Rybnik

Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union...

 and 44 km (27 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

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The gmina covers an area of 19.54 square kilometres (7.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,739.

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 Rudy Landscape Park

Rudy Landscape Park

Rudy Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1993, covering an area of .The Park lies within Silesian Voivodeship: in Gliwice County , Pszczyna...

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Villages

Gmina Gaszowice contains the villages and settlements of Czernica

Czernica, Silesian Voivodeship

Czernica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gaszowice, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Gaszowice, west of Rybnik, and south-west of the regional capital Katowice. The village has an approximate population of...

, Gaszowice

Gaszowice, Silesian Voivodeship

Gaszowice is a village in southern Poland located in the Silesian Voivodeship in Rybnik County . From 1975 to 1998 the village belonged to and was administered by the Katowice Voivodeship...

, Łuków, Piece

Piece, Silesian Voivodeship

Piece is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gaszowice, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Gaszowice, west of Rybnik, and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

 and Szczerbice

Szczerbice

Szczerbice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gaszowice, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Gaszowice, west of Rybnik, and west of the regional capital Katowice....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Gaszowice is bordered by the towns of Pszów

Pszów

Pszów is a town in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 14,035 inhabitants .- External links :*...

 and Rydułtowy, and by the gminas of Jejkowice

Gmina Jejkowice

Gmina Jejkowice is a rural gmina in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Jejkowice, which lies approximately north-west of Rybnik and south-west of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Lyski

Gmina Lyski

Gmina Lyski is a rural gmina in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Lyski, which lies approximately west of Rybnik and west of the regional capital Katowice....

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