Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz 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 Żywiec County

Zywiec County

Żywiec County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Żywiec,...

, 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 village of Wieprz

Wieprz, Silesian Voivodeship

Wieprz is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz. It lies approximately south of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 3,535.-References:...

, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Żywiec

Zywiec

Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....

 and 70 km (43 mi) south 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 65.94 square kilometres (25.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,385.

Villages

Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz contains the villages and settlements of Brzuśnik

Brzusnik

Brzuśnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Bystra

Bystra, Zywiec County

Bystra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieprz, south of Żywiec, and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Juszczyna

Juszczyna

Juszczyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland...

, Przybędza

Przybedza

Przybędza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Radziechowy

Radziechowy

Radziechowy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Wieprz

Wieprz, Silesian Voivodeship

Wieprz is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz. It lies approximately south of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 3,535.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Radziechowy-Wieprz is bordered by the town of Żywiec

Zywiec

Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....

 and by the gminas of Jeleśnia

Gmina Jelesnia

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

, Lipowa

Gmina Lipowa

Gmina Lipowa is a rural gmina in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Lipowa, which lies approximately west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....

, Milówka

Gmina Milówka

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

, Świnna

Gmina Swinna

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

 and Węgierska Górka

Gmina Wegierska Górka

Gmina Węgierska Górka is a rural gmina in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Węgierska Górka, which lies approximately south-west of Żywiec and south of the regional capital Katowice....

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