Gmina Żarki 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 Myszków County

Myszków County

Myszków County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian 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 Myszków, which lies ...

, Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...

, 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 Żarki

Zarki

Żarki is a town in Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,387 inhabitants .- External links :* Sanctuary devoted to the cult of the virgin mary....

, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Myszków

Myszków

Myszków is a town in Poland, with 33,016 inhabitants . It is the capital of Myszków County.Situated in the Silesian Voivodeship , previously in Czestochowa Voivodeship .-External links:...

 and 50 km (31 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

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The gmina covers an area of 100.67 square kilometres (38.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,138 (out of which the population of Żarki amounts to 4,419, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,719).

Villages

Apart from the town of Żarki, Gmina Żarki contains the villages and settlements of Czatachowa

Czatachowa

Czatachowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Żarki, north-east of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Jaroszów

Jaroszów, Silesian Voivodeship

Jaroszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Żarki, north of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Jaworznik

Jaworznik

Jaworznik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Żarki, east of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Kotowice

Kotowice, Silesian Voivodeship

Kotowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Żarki, east of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Masłoniowizna, Ostrów

Ostrów, Myszków County

Ostrów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Żarki, north of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Przybynów

Przybynów

Przybynów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Żarki, north of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Skrobaczowizna

Skrobaczowizna

Skrobaczowizna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

, Suliszowice

Suliszowice

Suliszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Żarki, north of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Wysoka Lelowska

Wysoka Lelowska

Wysoka Lelowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Żarki, north of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Zaborze

Zaborze, Myszków County

Zaborze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Żarki, north of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

 and Zawada

Zawada, Myszków County

Zawada is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarki, within Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Żarki, north-east of Myszków, and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Żarki is bordered by the town of Myszków

Myszków

Myszków is a town in Poland, with 33,016 inhabitants . It is the capital of Myszków County.Situated in the Silesian Voivodeship , previously in Czestochowa Voivodeship .-External links:...

 and by the gminas of Janów

Gmina Janów, Silesian Voivodeship

Gmina Janów is a rural gmina in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Janów, which lies approximately east of Częstochowa and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Niegowa

Gmina Niegowa

Gmina Niegowa is a rural gmina in Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Niegowa, which lies approximately north-east of Myszków and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Olsztyn

Gmina Olsztyn

Gmina Olsztyn is a rural gmina in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Olsztyn, which lies approximately south-east of Częstochowa and north of the regional capital Katowice....

, Poraj

Gmina Poraj

Gmina Poraj is a rural gmina in Myszków County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Poraj, which lies approximately north-west of Myszków and north of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Włodowice.