Gmina Żegocina 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 Bochnia County

Bochnia County

Bochnia 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 Bochnia, 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 village of Żegocina

Zegocina

Żegocina is a village and sołectwo in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Żegocina. It lies on road number 965, approximately south of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-Origins:The settlement was founded by...

, which lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of Bochnia

Bochnia

Bochnia is a town of 30,000 inhabitants on the river Raba in southern Poland. The town lies approximately in halfway [] between Tarnów and the regional capital Kraków . Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built circa 1248...

 and 46 km (29 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 35.23 square kilometres (13.6 sq mi), and as of 31 December 2008 its total population was 5069.

Villages

Gmina Żegocina is made up of the sołectwos of the villages of Bełdno, Bytomsko

Bytomsko

Bytomsko is a village and sołectwo in the administrative district of Gmina Żegocina, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Żegocina on the road to Rajbrot, south of Bochnia, and south-east of the regional capital...

, Łąkta Górna, Rozdziele

Rozdziele, Bochnia County

Rozdziele is a village and sołectwo in the administrative district of Gmina Żegocina, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland...

 and Żegocina

Zegocina

Żegocina is a village and sołectwo in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Żegocina. It lies on road number 965, approximately south of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-Origins:The settlement was founded by...

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Żegocina is bordered by the town of Bochnia

Bochnia

Bochnia is a town of 30,000 inhabitants on the river Raba in southern Poland. The town lies approximately in halfway [] between Tarnów and the regional capital Kraków . Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built circa 1248...

 and by the gminas of Laskowa

Gmina Laskowa

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

, Lipnica Murowana

Gmina Lipnica Murowana

Gmina Lipnica Murowana is a rural gmina in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Lipnica Murowana, which lies approximately south-east of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, Nowy Wiśnicz

Gmina Nowy Wisnicz

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

 and Trzciana

Gmina Trzciana

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

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