Gmina Pilica 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 Pilica

Pilica, Silesian Voivodeship

Pilica is a town in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,948 inhabitants .-History:Since the beginning of its existence, Pilica was part of Lesser Poland. In the 1115-1118 testament of Bolesław III Krzywousty, Pilica became part of the district of Kraków. The probable date of its...

, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) 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 53 km (33 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 138.89 square kilometres (53.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,117 (out of which the population of Pilica amounts to 1,971, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,146).

Villages

Apart from the town of Pilica, Gmina Pilica contains the villages and settlements of Biskupice

Biskupice, Zawiercie County

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

, Cisowa

Cisowa, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Dobra

Dobra, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Dobra-Kolonia

Dobra-Kolonia

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

, Dobraków

Dobraków

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

, Dzwono-Sierbowice

Dzwono-Sierbowice

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

, Dzwonowice

Dzwonowice

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

, Jasieniec

Jasieniec, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Kidów

Kidów

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

, Kleszczowa

Kleszczowa

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

, Kocikowa

Kocikowa

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

, Podleśna

Podlesna, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Przychody

Przychody, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Siadcza

Siadcza, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Sierbowice

Sierbowice

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

, Sławniów, Smoleń

Smolen, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Solca

Solca, Poland

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

, Szyce

Szyce, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Wierbka

Wierbka

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

, Wierzbica

Wierzbica, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Zarzecze

Zarzecze, Zawiercie County

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

 and Złożeniec.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Pilica is bordered 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....

, Ogrodzieniec

Gmina Ogrodzieniec

Gmina Ogrodzieniec is an urban-rural gmina in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ogrodzieniec, which lies approximately south-east of Zawiercie and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Szczekociny

Gmina Szczekociny

Gmina Szczekociny is an urban-rural gmina in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Szczekociny, which lies approximately north-east of Zawiercie and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Wolbrom

Gmina Wolbrom

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

 and Żarnowiec

Gmina Zarnowiec

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

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