Gmina Trzebinia 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 Chrzanów County

Chrzanów County

Chrzanów 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 Chrzanów, 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 town of Trzebinia

Trzebinia

Trzebinia is a town in Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland, Poland with an Orlen oil refinery and a major rail junction of the Kraków - Katowice line that connections to Oświęcim and Spytkowice.-History:...

, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Chrzanów

Chrzanów

Chrzanów is a town in south Poland with 39,704 inhabitants . It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and is the capital of Chrzanów County.- To 1809:...

 and 35 km (22 mi) west 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 105.22 square kilometres (40.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 33,959 (out of which the population of Trzebinia amounts to 18,769, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 15,190).

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Kraków Valleys Landscape Park

Kraków Valleys Landscape Park

Kraków Valleys Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Trzebinia

Trzebinia

Trzebinia is a town in Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland, Poland with an Orlen oil refinery and a major rail junction of the Kraków - Katowice line that connections to Oświęcim and Spytkowice.-History:...

, Gmina Trzebinia contains the villages and settlements of Bolęcin

Bolecin, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Bolęcin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzebinia, within Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Trzebinia, east of Chrzanów, and west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Czyżówka

Czyzówka, Chrzanów County

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

, Dulowa

Dulowa

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

, Karniowice

Karniowice, Chrzanów County

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

, Lgota

Lgota, Chrzanów County

Lgota is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzebinia, within Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland....

, Młoszowa, Myślachowice

Myslachowice

Myślachowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzebinia, within Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Trzebinia, north-east of Chrzanów, and north-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of...

, Piła Kościelecka, Płoki and Psary

Psary, Chrzanów County

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Trzebinia is bordered by the towns of Bukowno

Bukowno

Bukowno is a town in Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 10,564 inhabitants . Till 1975 city belonged to the Cracow Voivodeship and since 1975 until 1998 to the Katowice Voivodeship...

 and Jaworzno

Jaworzno

Jaworzno is a city in southern Poland, near Katowice. The east district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Przemsza river ....

, and by the gminas of Alwernia

Gmina Alwernia

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

, Chrzanów

Gmina Chrzanów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Krzeszowice

Gmina Krzeszowice

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

 and Olkusz

Gmina Olkusz

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

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External Links

• 19km From Auschwitz: The Story of Trzebinia an online exhibition by Yad Vashem
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