Gmina Godów 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 Wodzisław County, 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 Godów

Godów, Silesian Voivodeship

Godów is a village and the seat of Gmina Godów, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It lies near the border with the Czech Republic...

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The gmina covers an area of 37.97 square kilometres (14.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,520.

Villages

The gmina contains the villages of Godów

Godów, Silesian Voivodeship

Godów is a village and the seat of Gmina Godów, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It lies near the border with the Czech Republic...

, Gołkowice, Krostoszowice

Krostoszowice

Krostoszowice is a village in Gmina Godów, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has a population of 988 and lies near the border with the Czech Republic. It is approximately north of Godów, south of Wodzisław Śląski, and south-west of the regional capital...

, Łaziska, Podbucze

Podbucze

Podbucze is a village in Gmina Godów, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has a population of 204 and lies close to the border with the Czech Republic.-References:...

, Skrbeńsko

Skrbensko

Skrbeńsko is a village in Gmina Godów, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has a population of 817 and lies on the border with the Czech Republic.- External links :...

 and Skrzyszów

Skrzyszów, Silesian Voivodeship

Skrzyszów is a village in Gmina Godów, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has a population of 3,280 and lies close to the border with the Czech Republic.- External links :...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Godów is bordered by the gminas of Gorzyce

Gmina Gorzyce, Silesian Voivodeship

Gmina Gorzyce is a rural gmina in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Czech border. Its seat is the village of Gorzyce, which lies approximately south-west of Wodzisław Śląski and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of...

, Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Mszana

Gmina Mszana

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

 and Wodzisław Śląski. It also borders the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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