Gmina Szczurowa 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 Brzesko County

Brzesko County

Brzesko 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 and largest town is Brzesko, which lies ...

, 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 village of Szczurowa

Szczurowa

Szczurowa is a village in Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Szczurowa. It lies approximately north of Brzesko and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, which lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north of Brzesko

Brzesko

Brzesko is a town in southern Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It lies approximately west of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków. Since Polish administrative reorganization , Brzesko has been the administrative capital of Brzesko County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship...

 and 52 km (32 mi) east 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 134.64 square kilometres (52 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 9,846.

Villages

Gmina Szczurowa contains the villages and settlements of Barczków

Barczków

Barczków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Dąbrówka Morska

Dabrówka Morska

Dąbrówka Morska is a small village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Dołęga, Górka

Górka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Górka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Kopacze Wielkie

Kopacze Wielkie

Kopacze Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Księże Kopacze

Ksieze Kopacze

Księże Kopacze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Kwików

Kwików

Kwików is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Niedzieliska

Niedzieliska, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Pojawie

Pojawie

Pojawie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Popędzyna

Popedzyna

Popędzyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Rajsko

Rajsko, Brzesko County

Rajsko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Rudy-Rysie

Rudy-Rysie

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

, Rylowa

Rylowa

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

, Rząchowa

Rzachowa

Rząchowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Strzelce Małe, Strzelce Wielkie

Strzelce Wielkie, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Strzelce Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Szczurowa

Szczurowa

Szczurowa is a village in Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Szczurowa. It lies approximately north of Brzesko and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Uście Solne

Uscie Solne

Uście Solne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Wola Przemykowska

Wola Przemykowska

Wola Przemykowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Wrzępia

Wrzepia

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

 and Zaborów

Zaborów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Zaborów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szczurowa, within Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Szczurowa, north of Brzesko, and east of the regional capital Kraków....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Szczurowa is bordered by the gminas of Bochnia

Gmina Bochnia

Gmina Bochnia is a rural gmina in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Bochnia, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Borzęcin

Gmina Borzecin

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

, Brzesko

Gmina Brzesko

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

, Drwinia

Gmina Drwinia

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

, Koszyce

Gmina Koszyce

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

, Radłów, Rzezawa

Gmina Rzezawa

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

 and Wietrzychowice

Gmina Wietrzychowice

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

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