Gmina Walim 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 Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

, in south-western 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 Walim

Walim, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Walim is a village in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Walim. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-east of Wałbrzych, and 64 kilometres (40 mi) south-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The gmina covers an area of 78.75 square kilometres (30.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,698.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Walim is bordered by the towns of Jedlina-Zdrój

Jedlina-Zdrój

Jedlina-Zdrój is a town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Pieszyce

Pieszyce

Pieszyce is a town in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.It lies approximately east of Dzierżoniów, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław....

 and Wałbrzych, and the gminas of Głuszyca, Nowa Ruda

Gmina Nowa Ruda

Gmina Nowa Ruda is a rural gmina in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowa Ruda, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

 and Świdnica

Gmina Swidnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Gmina Świdnica is a rural gmina in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Świdnica, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

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Villages

The gmina contains the villages of Dziećmorowice

Dziecmorowice

Dziećmorowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Walim, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Glinno

Glinno, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Glinno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Walim, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Jugowice

Jugowice

Jugowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Walim, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany...

, Michałkowa, Niedźwiedzice, Olszyniec

Olszyniec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Olszyniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Walim, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately north-west of Walim, south-east of Wałbrzych, and south-west of the regional capital...

, Podlesie, Rzeczka

Rzeczka

Rzeczka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Walim, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Walim

Walim, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Walim is a village in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Walim. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

 and Zagórze Śląskie

Zagórze Slaskie

Zagórze Śląskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Walim, within Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....

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