Gmina Kroczyce 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 Zawiercie County

Zawiercie County

Zawiercie 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 and largest town is Zawiercie, which lies ...

, 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 Kroczyce

Kroczyce

Kroczyce is a village in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kroczyce. It lies approximately north-east of Zawiercie and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-east of Zawiercie

Zawiercie

Zawiercie is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland with 55,800 inhabitants . It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa highland near the source of the Warta River...

 and 54 km (34 mi) north-east 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 110.15 square kilometres (42.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,250.

Villages

Gmina Kroczyce contains the villages and settlements of Biała Błotna, Browarek

Browarek

Browarek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kroczyce, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Dobrogoszczyce

Dobrogoszczyce

Dobrogoszczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Kroczyce, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Dzibice

Dzibice

Dzibice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Kroczyce, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Gołuchowice, Huta Szklana

Huta Szklana, Silesian Voivodeship

Huta Szklana is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Kroczyce, east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Kostkowice

Kostkowice, Zawiercie County

Kostkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Kroczyce, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Kroczyce Okupne

Kroczyce Okupne

Kroczyce Okupne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kroczyce, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Kroczyce Stare

Kroczyce Stare

Kroczyce Stare is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Zawiercie and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Lgota Murowana

Lgota Murowana

Lgota Murowana is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Kroczyce, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Lgotka

Lgotka

Lgotka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kroczyce, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Piaseczno

Piaseczno, Silesian Voivodeship

Piaseczno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kroczyce, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.- References :...

, Podlesice

Podlesice, Silesian Voivodeship

Podlesice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Kroczyce, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Pradła, Przyłubsko, Siamoszyce

Siamoszyce

Siamoszyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Kroczyce, east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Siedliszowice

Siedliszowice, Silesian Voivodeship

Siedliszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Kroczyce, east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Siemięrzyce

Siemierzyce

Siemięrzyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Kroczyce, north-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Szypowice

Szypowice

Szypowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kroczyce, east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Trzciniec

Trzciniec, Silesian Voivodeship

Trzciniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kroczyce, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Kroczyce, east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kroczyce is bordered by the town of Zawiercie

Zawiercie

Zawiercie is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland with 55,800 inhabitants . It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa highland near the source of the Warta River...

 and by the gminas of Irządze

Gmina Irzadze

Gmina Irządze is a rural gmina in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Irządze, which lies approximately north-east of Zawiercie and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Niegowa

Gmina Niegowa

Gmina Niegowa is a rural gmina in Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Niegowa, which lies approximately north-east of Myszków and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, 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...

, 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....

, Szczekociny

Gmina Szczekociny

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

 and Włodowice.