Gmina Mierzęcice 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 Będzin County

Bedzin County

Będzin 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 Będzin, which lies north-east...

, 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 Mierzęcice

Mierzecice

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

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Będzin

Bedzin

Będzin is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland. Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Czarna Przemsza river , the city borders the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metro area with a population of about 2 million.It has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its...

 and 24 km (15 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 51.27 square kilometres (19.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,289.

Villages

Gmina Mierzęcice contains the villages and settlements of Boguchwałowice, Mierzęcice

Mierzecice

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

, Mierzęcice Osiedle

Mierzecice Osiedle

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

, Najdziszów

Najdziszów

Najdziszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mierzęcice, within Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Będzin and north of the regional capital Katowice....

, Nowa Wieś

Nowa Wies, Bedzin County

Nowa Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mierzęcice, within Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Będzin and north of the regional capital Katowice....

, Przeczyce

Przeczyce

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

, Sadowie

Sadowie, Bedzin County

Sadowie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mierzęcice, within Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Będzin and north of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 389....

, Toporowice

Toporowice

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

 and Zawada

Zawada, Bedzin County

Zawada is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mierzęcice, within Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Będzin and north of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 159....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Mierzęcice is bordered by the gminas of Bobrowniki

Gmina Bobrowniki, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Ożarowice

Gmina Ozarowice

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

, Psary

Gmina Psary

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

 and Siewierz

Gmina Siewierz

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

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