Gmina Gromnik 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 Tarnów County

Tarnów County

Tarnów 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 is the city of Tarnów, although the city is...

, 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 Gromnik

Gromnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Gromnik is a village in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Gromnik. It lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, which lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) south of Tarnów

Tarnów

Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...

 and 77 km (48 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 69.81 square kilometres (27 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,348.

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 Ciężkowice-Rożnów Landscape Park

Ciezkowice-Roznów Landscape Park

Ciężkowice-Rożnów Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1995, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Gmina Gromnik contains the villages and settlements of Brzozowa

Brzozowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Chojnik

Chojnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Chojnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gromnik, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,311....

, Golanka

Golanka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Golanka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gromnik, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 413....

, Gromnik

Gromnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Gromnik is a village in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Gromnik. It lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Polichty

Polichty

Polichty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gromnik, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 295....

, Rzepiennik Marciszewski

Rzepiennik Marciszewski

Rzepiennik Marciszewski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gromnik, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Siemiechów

Siemiechów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Siemiechów , is a village located in the low Carpathian mountains of South-Eastern Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Gromnik is bordered by the gminas of Ciężkowice

Gmina Ciezkowice

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

, Pleśna

Gmina Plesna

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

, Rzepiennik Strzyżewski

Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyzewski

Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyżewski is a rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Rzepiennik Strzyżewski, which lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, Tuchów

Gmina Tuchów

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

 and Zakliczyn

Gmina Zakliczyn

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

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