Gmina Klucze 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 Olkusz County

Olkusz County

Olkusz 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 Olkusz, 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 Klucze

Klucze, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Klucze is a village in Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Klucze. It lies approximately north of Olkusz and north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Olkusz

Olkusz

Olkusz is a town in south Poland with 37,696 inhabitants . Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Katowice Voivodeship , it is the capital of Olkusz County...

 and 41 km (25 mi) north-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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The gmina covers an area of 119.3 square kilometres (46.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 14,895.

Villages

Gmina Klucze contains the villages and settlements of Bogucin Duży

Bogucin Duzy

Bogucin Duży is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Klucze, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

, Bydlin

Bydlin

Bydlin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Klucze, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Olkusz and north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Chechło, Cieślin

Cieslin, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Cieślin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Klucze, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Klucze, north-east of Olkusz, and north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Golczowice

Golczowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Golczowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Klucze, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Klucze, north of Olkusz, and north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Hucisko Kwaśniowskie

Hucisko Kwasniowskie

Hucisko Kwaśniowskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Klucze, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Olkusz and north-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Jaroszowiec

Jaroszowiec

Jaroszowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Klucze, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Klucze, north-east of Olkusz, and north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Klucze

Klucze, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Klucze is a village in Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Klucze. It lies approximately north of Olkusz and north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Kolbark

Kolbark

Kolbark is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Klucze, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Klucze, north-east of Olkusz, and north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Krzywopłoty, Kwaśniów Dolny

Kwasniów Dolny

Kwaśniów Dolny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Klucze, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Klucze, north of Olkusz, and north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Kwaśniów Górny

Kwasniów Górny

Kwaśniów Górny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Klucze, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Klucze, north of Olkusz, and north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Rodaki

Rodaki

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

, Ryczówek

Ryczówek

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

 and Zalesie Golczowskie

Zalesie Golczowskie

Zalesie Golczowskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Klucze, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has an approximate population of 300....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Klucze is bordered by the gminas of Bolesław, Łazy, Ogrodzieniec

Gmina Ogrodzieniec

Gmina Ogrodzieniec is an urban-rural gmina in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ogrodzieniec, which lies approximately south-east of Zawiercie and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Olkusz

Gmina Olkusz

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

, Pilica

Gmina Pilica

Gmina Pilica is an urban-rural gmina in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Pilica, which lies approximately east of Zawiercie and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Wolbrom

Gmina Wolbrom

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

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