Gmina Skawina 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 Kraków County

Kraków County

Kraków 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 is the city of Kraków, although the city is...

, 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 Skawina

Skawina

Skawina is a town in southern Poland with 27,328 inhabitants .Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Kraków Voivodeship .- Twin Towns - Sister Cities :Skawina is twinned with:...

, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-west 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...

.

The gmina covers an area of 100.15 square kilometres (38.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 41,445 (out of which the population of Skawina amounts to 23,691, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 17,754).

Villages

Apart from the town of Skawina, Gmina Skawina contains the villages and settlements of Borek Szlachecki

Borek Szlachecki

Borek Szlachecki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skawina, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Skawina and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Facimiech

Facimiech, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Gołuchowice, Grabie

Grabie, Kraków County

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

, Jaśkowice

Jaskowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Jurczyce

Jurczyce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kopanka

Kopanka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Krzęcin

Krzecin, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Ochodza

Ochodza, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Polanka Hallera

Polanka Hallera

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

, Pozowice

Pozowice

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

, Radziszów

Radziszów

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

, Rzozów

Rzozów

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

, Wielkie Drogi

Wielkie Drogi

Wielkie Drogi is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skawina, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Skawina and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Wola Radziszowska

Wola Radziszowska

Wola Radziszowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skawina, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Skawina and south-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

 and Zelczyna

Zelczyna

Zelczyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skawina, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has a population of 830....

.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Skawina is bordered by the city of 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...

 and by the gminas of Brzeźnica

Gmina Brzeznica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Czernichów, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is an urban-rural gmina in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland...

, Lanckorona

Gmina Lanckorona

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

, Liszki

Gmina Liszki

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

, Mogilany

Gmina Mogilany

Gmina Mogilany is a rural gmina in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Mogilany, which lies approximately south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Myślenice

Gmina Myslenice

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

 and Sułkowice.