Gmina Miechów is an urban-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 town 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 ....

, which lies approximately 34 kilometres (21 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 132.91 square kilometres (51.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 19,786 (out of which the population of Miechów amounts to 11,717, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,069).

Villages

Apart from the town of Miechów, Gmina Miechów contains the villages and settlements of Biskupice

Biskupice, Miechów County

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

, Brzuchania

Brzuchania

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

, Bukowska Wola

Bukowska Wola

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

, Celiny Przesławickie, Dziewięcioły, Falniów

Falniów

Falniów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miechów, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 340....

, Falniów-Wysiołek, Glinica

Glinica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Jaksice

Jaksice, Miechów County

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

, Kalina Mała, Kalina-Lisiniec

Kalina-Lisiniec

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

, Kalina-Rędziny

Kalina-Redziny

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

, Kamieńczyce

Kamienczyce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Komorów

Komorów, Miechów County

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

, Nasiechowice

Nasiechowice

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

, Parkoszowice

Parkoszowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Podleśna Wola

Podlesna Wola

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

, Podmiejska Wola

Podmiejska Wola

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

, Pojałowice, Poradów

Poradów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Poradów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miechów, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Przesławice, Pstroszyce Drugie

Pstroszyce Drugie

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

, Pstroszyce Pierwsze

Pstroszyce Pierwsze

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

, Siedliska

Siedliska, Miechów County

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

, Sławice Szlacheckie, Strzeżów Drugi

Strzezów Drugi

Strzeżów Drugi is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miechów, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Strzeżów Pierwszy

Strzezów Pierwszy

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

, Szczepanowice

Szczepanowice, Miechów County

Szczepanowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miechów, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Widnica

Widnica

Widnica is a village in Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland....

, Wielki Dół, Wymysłów, Zagorzyce

Zagorzyce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Zapustka

Zapustka

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

 and Zarogów

Zarogów

Zarogów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miechów, within Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Miechów and north of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 380....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Miechów 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....

, Gołcza, Książ Wielki

Gmina Ksiaz Wielki

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

, Racławice, Radziemice

Gmina Radziemice

Gmina Radziemice is a rural gmina in Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Radziemice, which lies approximately north-west of Proszowice and north-east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Słaboszów and Słomniki.