Gmina Wielka Wieś 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 Kraków County

Kraków County

Kraków 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 is the city of Kraków, although the city is...

, 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 Wielka Wieś

Wielka Wies, Kraków County

Wielka Wieś is a village in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wielka Wieś. It lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-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 48.3 square kilometres (18.6 sq mi), and as of 2010 its total population is 9,604.

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

Gmina Wielka Wieś contains the villages and settlements of Bębło, Będkowice

Bedkowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Będkowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielka Wieś, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Biały Kościół, Czajowice

Czajowice

Czajowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielka Wieś, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 562....

, Giebułtów, Modlnica

Modlnica

Modlnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielka Wieś, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,164....

, Modlniczka

Modlniczka

Modlniczka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielka Wieś, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 810....

, Prądnik Korzkiewski

Pradnik Korzkiewski

Prądnik Korzkiewski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielka Wieś, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

, Szyce

Szyce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Szyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielka Wieś, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland....

, Tomaszowice

Tomaszowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Wielka Wieś

Wielka Wies, Kraków County

Wielka Wieś is a village in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wielka Wieś. It lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Wierzchowie

Wierzchowie

Wierzchowie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielka Wieś, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wielka Wieś 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 Jerzmanowice-Przeginia

Gmina Jerzmanowice-Przeginia

Gmina Jerzmanowice-Przeginia is a rural gmina in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Jerzmanowice, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Skała, Zabierzów

Gmina Zabierzów

Gmina Zabierzów is a rural gmina in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Zabierzów, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

 and Zielonki

Gmina Zielonki

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

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