Gmina Świątniki Górne 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 Świątniki Górne

Swiatniki Górne

Świątniki Górne is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Kraków Voivodeship ....

, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 20.17 square kilometres (7.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,619 (out of which the population of Świątniki Górne amounts to 2,101, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,518).

Villages

Apart from the town of Świątniki Górne, Gmina Świątniki Górne contains the villages and settlements of Ochojno

Ochojno

Ochojno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świątniki Górne, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Świątniki Górne and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Olszowice

Olszowice

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

, Rzeszotary

Rzeszotary, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Rzeszotary is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świątniki Górne, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świątniki Górne and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Rzeszotary Górne

Rzeszotary Górne

Rzeszotary Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świątniki Górne, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świątniki Górne and south of the regional capital Kraków....

, Wrząsowice

Wrzasowice

Wrząsowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świątniki Górne, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Świątniki Górne and south of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

 and Zalesie

Zalesie, Gmina Swiatniki Górne

Zalesie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Świątniki Górne, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Świątniki Górne and south of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Świątniki Górne 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 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....

, Siepraw

Gmina Siepraw

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

 and Wieliczka

Gmina Wieliczka

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

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