Gmina Mieroszów 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 Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

, in south-western 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 Mieroszów

Mieroszów

Mieroszów is a town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Mieroszów. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany...

, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Wałbrzych, and 79 kilometres (49 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The gmina covers an area of 76.17 square kilometres (29.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,560 (out of which the population of Mieroszów amounts to 4,515, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,045).

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Mieroszów is bordered by the towns of Boguszów-Gorce

Boguszów-Gorce

Boguszów-Gorce is a town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Jedlina-Zdrój

Jedlina-Zdrój

Jedlina-Zdrój is a town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

 and Wałbrzych, and the gminas of Czarny Bór

Gmina Czarny Bór

Gmina Czarny Bór is a rural gmina in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Czarny Bór, which lies approximately west of Wałbrzych, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Głuszyca, Kamienna Góra

Gmina Kamienna Góra

Gmina Kamienna Góra is a rural gmina in Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Kamienna Góra, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

 and Lubawka

Gmina Lubawka

Gmina Lubawka is an urban-rural gmina in Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Lubawka, which lies approximately south of Kamienna Góra, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

.

Villages

Apart from the town of Mieroszów

Mieroszów

Mieroszów is a town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Mieroszów. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany...

, the gmina contains the villages of Golińsk

Golinsk

Golińsk is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieroszów, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic...

, Kowalowa

Kowalowa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Kowalowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieroszów, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately east of Mieroszów, south of Wałbrzych, and south-west of the regional capital...

, Łączna, Nowe Siodło, Różana, Rybnica Leśna

Rybnica Lesna

Rybnica Leśna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieroszów, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Sokołowsko and Unisław Śląski.