Gmina Książ Wielki 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 Miechów County

Miechów County

Miechów 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 only town is Miechów, which lies north...

, 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 Książ Wielki

Ksiaz Wielki

Książ Wielki is a village in Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Książ Wielki. It lies approximately north-east of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków....

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

Miechów

Miechów is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about 40 km north of Kraków. It is the capital of Miechów County. Population is 11,852 ....

 and 45 km (28 mi) north 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 137.8 square kilometres (53.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,565.

Villages

Gmina Książ Wielki contains the villages and settlements of Antolka

Antolka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Antolka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Książ Wielki, north-east of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Boczkowice

Boczkowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Boczkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Książ Wielki, north-east of Miechów, and north-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Cisia Wola

Cisia Wola

Cisia Wola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Książ Wielki, north-east of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Cisie

Cisie, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Cisie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Książ Wielki, north-east of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Częstoszowice

Czestoszowice

Częstoszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Książ Wielki, north-east of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population...

, Giebułtów, Głogowiany, Konaszówka

Konaszówka

Konaszówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Książ Wielki, north-east of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Krzeszówka

Krzeszówka

Krzeszówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Książ Wielki, north-east of Miechów, and north-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Książ Mały, Książ Mały-Kolonia, Książ Wielki

Ksiaz Wielki

Książ Wielki is a village in Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Książ Wielki. It lies approximately north-east of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Łazy, Małoszów, Mianocice

Mianocice

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

, Moczydło, Rzędowice

Rzedowice, Miechów County

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

, Stara Wieś

Stara Wies, Miechów County

Stara Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Książ Wielki, north-east of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Tochołów, Trzonów

Trzonów

Trzonów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Książ Wielki, north-east of Miechów, and north-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Wielka Wieś

Wielka Wies, Miechów County

Wielka Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Książ Wielki, north-east of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Wrzosy

Wrzosy, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Wrzosy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Książ Wielki, north of Miechów, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Zaryszyn

Zaryszyn

Zaryszyn in old peryod, probably 600 years ago was name Zalesie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Książ Wielki, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Książ Wielki, north-east of Miechów, and north-east of the...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Książ Wielki is bordered by the gminas of Charsznica

Gmina Charsznica

Gmina Charsznica is a rural gmina in Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Charsznica, which lies approximately north-west of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Działoszyce, Kozłów, Miechów

Gmina Miechów

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

, Słaboszów and Wodzisław.