Gmina Olesno 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 Dąbrowa County

Dabrowa County

Dąbrowa County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, which lies east...

, 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 Olesno

Olesno, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Olesno is a village in Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Olesno. It lies approximately north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska

Dabrowa Tarnowska

Dąbrowa Tarnowska is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about north of Tarnów. It is the capital of Dąbrowa County. Before reorganization Dąbrowa Tarnowska was part of Tarnów Voivodeship . Population is 11'402...

 and 74 km (46 mi) east 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 77.77 square kilometres (30 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,633.

Villages

Gmina Olesno contains the villages and settlements of Adamierz

Adamierz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Adamierz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Olesno, north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, and east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Ćwików

Cwików

Ćwików is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Olesno, north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Dąbrówka Gorzycka

Dabrówka Gorzycka

Dąbrówka Gorzycka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

, Dąbrówki Breńskie

Dabrówki Brenskie

Dąbrówki Breńskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Olesno, north of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Niwki

Niwki, Dabrowa County

Niwki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Olesno, north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Oleśnica

Olesnica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Oleśnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Olesno, west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Olesno

Olesno, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Olesno is a village in Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Olesno. It lies approximately north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Pilcza Żelichowska

Pilcza Zelichowska

Pilcza Żelichowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Olesno, north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Podborze

Podborze, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Podborze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Olesno, north-west of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Swarzów

Swarzów

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

, Wielopole

Wielopole, Dabrowa County

Wielopole is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olesno, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has a population of 707.-References:...

 and Zalipie.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Olesno is bordered by the gminas of Bolesław, Dąbrowa Tarnowska

Gmina Dabrowa Tarnowska

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

, Gręboszów

Gmina Greboszów

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

, Mędrzechów

Gmina Medrzechów

Gmina Mędrzechów is a rural gmina in Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Mędrzechów, which lies approximately north of Dąbrowa Tarnowska and east of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Żabno

Gmina Zabno

Gmina Żabno is an urban-rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Żabno, which lies approximately north-west of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

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