Gmina Ogrodzieniec 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 Zawiercie County

Zawiercie County

Zawiercie 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 Zawiercie, which lies ...

, 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 town of Ogrodzieniec

Ogrodzieniec

Ogrodzieniec is town Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,499 inhabitants .It is noted for the extensive ruins of a medieval castle, damaged during the Swedish invasion of Poland in the years 1655–1660.- External links :...

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

Zawiercie

Zawiercie is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland with 55,800 inhabitants . It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa highland near the source of the Warta River...

 and 43 km (27 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 85.69 square kilometres (33.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,519 (out of which the population of Ogrodzieniec amounts to 4,465, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,054).

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Eagle Nests Landscape Park

Eagle Nests Landscape Park

The Eagles' Nests Landscape Park is a protected area in south-western Poland, and one of over a hundred Polish Landscape Parks. It was established in 1980, and covers much of the area of the Trail of the Eagles' Nests, marked as No...

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Villages

Apart from the town of Ogrodzieniec, Gmina Ogrodzieniec contains the villages and settlements of Fugasówka

Fugasówka

Fugasówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ogrodzieniec, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Ogrodzieniec, south-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Giebło, Giebło-Kolonia, Gulzów

Gulzów

Gulzów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ogrodzieniec, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Ogrodzieniec, east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Kiełkowice, Markowizna

Markowizna, Silesian Voivodeship

Markowizna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ogrodzieniec, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Ogrodzieniec, south-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Mokrus

Mokrus, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Podzamcze

Podzamcze, Silesian Voivodeship

Podzamcze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ogrodzieniec, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Ogrodzieniec, south-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Ryczów

Ryczów, Silesian Voivodeship

Ryczów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ogrodzieniec, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ogrodzieniec, south-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Ryczów-Kolonia

Ryczów-Kolonia

Ryczów-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ogrodzieniec, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Ogrodzieniec, south-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Śrubarnia

Srubarnia

Śrubarnia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ogrodzieniec, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ogrodzieniec, south-east of Zawiercie, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

 and Żelazko

Zelazko, Silesian Voivodeship

Żelazko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ogrodzieniec, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately seven km southeast of Ogrodzieniec, 15 km southeast of Zawiercie, and 43 km northeast of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ogrodzieniec is bordered by the town of Zawiercie

Zawiercie

Zawiercie is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland with 55,800 inhabitants . It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa highland near the source of the Warta River...

 and by the gminas of Klucze

Gmina Klucze

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

, Kroczyce

Gmina Kroczyce

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

, Łazy and Pilica

Gmina Pilica

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

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