Gmina Trzciana 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 Bochnia County

Bochnia County

Bochnia 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 Bochnia, 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 Trzciana

Trzciana, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Trzciana is a village in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Trzciana. It lies approximately south of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of Bochnia

Bochnia

Bochnia is a town of 30,000 inhabitants on the river Raba in southern Poland. The town lies approximately in halfway [] between Tarnów and the regional capital Kraków . Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built circa 1248...

 and 39 km (24 mi) south-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 44.09 square kilometres (17 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,044.

Villages

Gmina Trzciana contains the villages and settlements of Kamionna

Kamionna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Kamionna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzciana, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Trzciana, south of Bochnia, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Kierlikówka

Kierlikówka

Kierlikówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzciana, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Trzciana, south of Bochnia, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Łąkta Dolna, Leszczyna

Leszczyna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Rdzawa

Rdzawa

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

, Trzciana

Trzciana, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Trzciana is a village in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Trzciana. It lies approximately south of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Ujazd

Ujazd, Bochnia County

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Trzciana is bordered by the gminas of Łapanów, Limanowa

Gmina Limanowa

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

, Nowy Wiśnicz

Gmina Nowy Wisnicz

Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz is an urban-rural gmina in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowy Wiśnicz, which lies approximately south of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Żegocina

Gmina Zegocina

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

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