Gmina Mucharz 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 Wadowice County

Wadowice County

Wadowice 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 is the town of Wadowice, the birthplace of...

, 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 Mucharz

Mucharz

Mucharz is a village in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Mucharz. It lies approximately south-east of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Wadowice

Wadowice

Wadowice is a town in southern Poland, 50 km from Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants , situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Plateau...

 and 39 km (24 mi) south-west 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 37.32 square kilometres (14.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,878.

Villages

Gmina Mucharz contains the villages and settlements of Jamnik

Jamnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Jamnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mucharz, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Jaszczurowa

Jaszczurowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Jaszczurowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mucharz, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Koziniec

Koziniec, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Mucharz

Mucharz

Mucharz is a village in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Mucharz. It lies approximately south-east of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Skawce

Skawce

Skawce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mucharz, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Świnna Poręba

Swinna Poreba

Świnna Poręba is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mucharz, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

 and Zagórze

Zagórze, Wadowice County

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Mucharz is bordered by the gminas of Stryszów

Gmina Stryszów

Gmina Stryszów is a rural gmina in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Stryszów, which lies approximately south-east of Wadowice and south-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Wadowice

Gmina Wadowice

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

 and Zembrzyce

Gmina Zembrzyce

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

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