Gmina Toszek 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 Gliwice County

Gliwice County

Gliwice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian 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 Gliwice, although the city is not...

, 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 town of Toszek

Toszek

Toszek is a town in Poland, in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, with 4,000 inhabitants.- History :The beginning of the settlement and fortified keep is dated in the 9th and 10th centuries when the area was ruled by the Piasts, Mieszko I of Poland and later Bolesław I the Brave.The fortified...

, which lies approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) north-west of Gliwice

Gliwice

Gliwice is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Gliwice is the west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – a metropolis with a population of 2 million...

 and 41 km (25 mi) north-west 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 covers an area of 98.53 square kilometres (38 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,204 (out of which the population of Toszek amounts to 3,822, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,382).

Villages

Apart from the town of Toszek, Gmina Toszek contains the villages and settlements of Bliziec

Bliziec

Bliziec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Boguszyce

Boguszyce, Silesian Voivodeship

Boguszyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Brzezina

Brzezina, Silesian Voivodeship

Brzezina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Ciochowice

Ciochowice

Ciochowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 390.-References:...

, Grabina

Grabina, Silesian Voivodeship

Grabina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Grabów

Grabów, Silesian Voivodeship

Grabów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

, Kopanina

Kopanina, Silesian Voivodeship

Kopanina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Kotliszowice

Kotliszowice

Kotliszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Toszek, north of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Kotulin

Kotulin, Silesian Voivodeship

Kotulin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 1,282.-References:...

, Kotulin Mały, Łączki, Las

Las, Gliwice County

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

, Laura

Laura, Silesian Voivodeship

Laura is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Ligota Toszecka

Ligota Toszecka

Ligota Toszecka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Nakło, Paczyna

Paczyna

Paczyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Paczynka

Paczynka

Paczynka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Pawłowice, Pisarzowice

Pisarzowice, Gliwice County

Pisarzowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Płużniczka, Pniów

Pniów, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Proboszczowice

Proboszczowice, Silesian Voivodeship

Proboszczowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Sarnów

Sarnów, Gliwice County

Sarnów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 408.-References:...

, Skały, Srocza Góra

Srocza Góra

Srocza Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Toszek, north of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Szklarnia

Szklarnia, Gliwice County

Szklarnia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Wilkowiczki

Wilkowiczki, Silesian Voivodeship

Wilkowiczki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Wrzosy

Wrzosy, Gliwice County

Wrzosy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Zalesie

Zalesie, Silesian Voivodeship

Zalesie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Toszek, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Toszek is bordered by the town of Pyskowice

Pyskowice

Pyskowice is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands....

 and by the gminas of Bierawa

Gmina Bierawa

Gmina Bierawa, German Gemeinde Birawa is a rural gmina in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Bierawa, which lies approximately south-east of Kędzierzyn-Koźle and south-east of the regional capital Opole.The gmina covers an area of ,...

, Rudziniec

Gmina Rudziniec

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

, Strzelce Opolskie

Gmina Strzelce Opolskie

Gmina Strzelce Opolskie is an urban-rural gmina in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Strzelce Opolskie, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Opole....

, Ujazd

Gmina Ujazd, Opole Voivodeship

Gmina Ujazd, German Gemeinde Ujest is an urban-rural gmina in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

, Wielowieś

Gmina Wielowies

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

 and Zbrosławice.