Gmina Zabierzów 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 Zabierzów, 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 99.59 square kilometres (38.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 22,387.

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 Zabierzów contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrowice

Aleksandrowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Balice

Balice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Bolechowice

Bolechowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Brzezie

Brzezie, Kraków County

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

, Brzezinka

Brzezinka, Kraków County

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

, Brzoskwinia

Brzoskwinia, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Burów

Burów

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

, Karniowice

Karniowice, Kraków County

Karniowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zabierzów, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has an approximate population of 841....

, Kleszczów

Kleszczów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kobylany

Kobylany, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kochanów

Kochanów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Młynka, Niegoszowice

Niegoszowice

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

, Nielepice

Nielepice

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

, Pisary

Pisary, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Radwanowice

Radwanowice

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

, Rudawa

Rudawa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Rudawa is a village in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. In the years 1975-1998 it was in Kraków Voivodeship. The village is on the road from Kraków to Trzebinia and located by the Rudawa river. It lies approximately west of Zabierzów and west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Rząska

Rzaska

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

, Szczyglice

Szczyglice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Ujazd

Ujazd, Kraków County

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

, Więckowice

Wieckowice, Kraków County

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

, Zabierzów and Zelków

Zelków

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Zabierzów 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....

, 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....

, Liszki

Gmina Liszki

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

 and Wielka Wieś

Gmina Wielka Wies

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

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