Gmina Wieliczka 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 Wieliczka County

Wieliczka County

Wieliczka 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 Wieliczka, 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 Wieliczka

Wieliczka

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, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 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 100.1 square kilometres (38.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 48,254 (out of which the population of Wieliczka amounts to 19,133, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 29,121).

Villages

Apart from the town of Wieliczka, Gmina Wieliczka contains the villages and settlements of Brzegi

Brzegi, Wieliczka County

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

, Byszyce

Byszyce

Byszyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wieliczka and south of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Chorągwica

Choragwica

Chorągwica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Czarnochowice

Czarnochowice

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

, Dobranowice

Dobranowice, Wieliczka County

Dobranowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Golkowice

Golkowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Golkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has a population of 1,800.-References:...

, Gorzków

Gorzków, Wieliczka County

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

, Grabie

Grabie

Grabie is a village in Poland located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in Wieliczka County, in Gmina Wieliczka. It lies on right bank of the Vistula river, between Kraków and Niepołomice. It is approximately north-east of Wieliczka and east of Kraków....

, Grabówki

Grabówki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Grajów

Grajów

Grajów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Jankówka

Jankówka

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

, Janowice

Janowice, Wieliczka County

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

, Kokotów

Kokotów

Kokotów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has a population of 1,367....

, Koźmice Małe, Koźmice Wielkie

Kozmice Wielkie

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

, Lednica Górna

Lednica Górna

Lednica Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Mała Wieś, Mietniów

Mietniów

Mietniów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Pawlikowice

Pawlikowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Podstolice

Podstolice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Raciborsko

Raciborsko

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

, Rożnowa

Roznowa

Rożnowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Siercza

Siercza

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

, Śledziejowice

Sledziejowice

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

, Strumiany

Strumiany, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Strumiany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland....

, Sułków, Sygneczów

Sygneczów

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

, Węgrzce Wielkie

Wegrzce Wielkie

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

 and Zabawa

Zabawa, Wieliczka County

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wieliczka is bordered by the city of 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...

 and by the gminas of Biskupice

Gmina Biskupice

Gmina Biskupice is a rural gmina in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It takes its name from the village of Biskupice, but its seat is the village of Trąbki, which lies approximately south-east of Wieliczka and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina...

, Dobczyce

Gmina Dobczyce

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

, Gdów

Gmina Gdów

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

, Niepołomice, Siepraw

Gmina Siepraw

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

 and Świątniki Górne

Gmina Swiatniki Górne

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

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