Gmina Ślemień 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 Ślemień

Slemien

Ślemień is a village in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in a mountainous part of southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Ślemień. It lies approximately east of Żywiec and south-east of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 1,977.-References:...

, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) east 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 66 km (41 mi) south-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...

. The gmina also contains the villages (sołectwos) of Kocoń

Kocon

Kocoń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ślemień, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Żywiec and south-east of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 702....

 and Las

Las, Silesian Voivodeship

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

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The gmina covers an area of 45.87 square kilometres (17.7 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,422.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Ślemień is bordered by the gminas of Andrychów

Gmina Andrychów

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

, Gilowice

Gmina Gilowice

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

, Łękawica, Stryszawa

Gmina Stryszawa

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

 and 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....

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