Gmina Żarnowiec 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 Zawiercie County

Zawiercie County

Zawiercie 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 Zawiercie, 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 village of Żarnowiec

Zarnowiec, Silesian Voivodeship

Żarnowiec is a village in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Żarnowiec...

, which lies approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of Zawiercie

Zawiercie

Zawiercie is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland with 55,800 inhabitants . It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa highland near the source of the Warta River...

 and 67 km (42 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 124.77 square kilometres (48.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,960.

Villages

Gmina Żarnowiec contains the villages and settlements of Brzeziny

Brzeziny, Zawiercie County

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

, Chlina

Chlina

Chlina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarnowiec, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Zawiercie and east of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 820....

, Chlina Dolna

Chlina Dolna

Chlina Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarnowiec, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Zawiercie and east of the regional capital Katowice.-References:...

, Jeziorowice

Jeziorowice, Gmina Zarnowiec

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

, Koryczany

Koryczany

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

, Łany Małe, Łany Średnie, Łany Wielkie, Małoszyce, Ostra Górka

Ostra Górka, Zawiercie County

Ostra Górka is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Żarnowiec, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.-References:...

, Otola

Otola

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

, Otola Mała, Udórz

Udórz

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

, Wola Libertowska

Wola Libertowska

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

, Zabrodzie

Zabrodzie, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Zamiechówka

Zamiechówka

Zamiechówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żarnowiec, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Żarnowiec, east of Zawiercie, and east of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Żarnowiec

Zarnowiec, Silesian Voivodeship

Żarnowiec is a village in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Żarnowiec...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Żarnowiec is bordered by the gminas of Charsznica

Gmina Charsznica

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

, Kozłów, Pilica

Gmina Pilica

Gmina Pilica is an urban-rural gmina in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Pilica, which lies approximately east of Zawiercie and north-east of the regional capital Katowice....

, Sędziszów

Gmina Sedziszów

Gmina Sędziszów is an urban-rural gmina in Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sędziszów, which lies approximately west of Jędrzejów and south-west of the regional capital Kielce.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Słupia, Szczekociny

Gmina Szczekociny

Gmina Szczekociny is an urban-rural gmina in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Szczekociny, which lies approximately north-east of Zawiercie and north-east of the regional capital Katowice.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Wolbrom

Gmina Wolbrom

Gmina Wolbrom is an urban-rural gmina in Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Wolbrom, which lies approximately north-east of Olkusz and north of the regional capital Kraków....

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