Gmina Oświęcim 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 Oświęcim County

Oswiecim County

Oświęcim 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 and largest town is Oświęcim, which lies ...

, 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 town of Oświęcim

Oswiecim

Oświęcim is a town in the Lesser Poland province of southern Poland, situated west of Kraków, near the confluence of the rivers Vistula and Soła.- History :...

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 74.47 square kilometres (28.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 16,708.

Villages

Gmina Oświęcim contains the villages and settlements of Babice

Babice, Oswiecim County

Babice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has a population of 1,582.-References:...

, Broszkowice

Broszkowice

Broszkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Oświęcim and west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Brzezinka

Brzezinka

Brzezinka is a village in southern Poland, located about from Oświęcim , in the district of Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.- General information :...

, Dwory II

Dwory II

Dwory II is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has a population of 330.-References:...

, Grojec

Grojec

Grojec is a historic village in Oświęcim County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland. It lies approximately south of Oświęcim and west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Harmęże

Harmeze

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

, Łazy, Osada Stawy Grojeckie

Osada Stawy Grojeckie

Osada Stawy Grojeckie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland....

, Pławy, Poręba Wielka

Poreba Wielka, Oswiecim County

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

, Rajsko

Rajsko, Oswiecim County

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

, Stawy Monowskie

Stawy Monowskie

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

, Włosienica and Zaborze

Zaborze, Oswiecim County

Zaborze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Oświęcim and west of the regional capital Kraków....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Oświęcim is bordered by the towns of Bieruń

Bierun

Bieruń is a town in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland, about south of Katowice. The town belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously to Katowice Voivodeship and, before World War II, was part of the Polish Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship.-Geography:It is located...

 and Oświęcim

Oswiecim

Oświęcim is a town in the Lesser Poland province of southern Poland, situated west of Kraków, near the confluence of the rivers Vistula and Soła.- History :...

, and by the gminas of Bojszowy

Gmina Bojszowy

Gmina Bojszowy is a rural gmina in Bieruń-Lędziny County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bojszowy, which lies approximately south of Bieruń and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Brzeszcze

Gmina Brzeszcze

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

, Chełmek, Kęty

Gmina Kety

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

, Libiąż

Gmina Libiaz

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

, Miedźna

Gmina Miedzna

Gmina Miedzna is a rural gmina in Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Miedzna, which lies approximately north-east of Węgrów and east of Warsaw....

, Osiek

Gmina Osiek, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Gmina Osiek is a rural gmina in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Osiek; it also contains the village of Głębowice....

, Polanka Wielka

Gmina Polanka Wielka

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

 and Przeciszów

Gmina Przeciszów

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

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