Gmina Chocianów 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 Polkowice County

Polkowice County

Polkowice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of...

, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...

, in south-western 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 Chocianów

Chocianów

Chocianów is a town in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Chocianów. The town lies approximately south-west of Polkowice, and west of the regional capital Wrocław...

, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Polkowice

Polkowice

Polkowice is a town in south-western Poland with 22,279 inhabitants . It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship...

, and 85 kilometres (53 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The gmina covers an area of 230.27 square kilometres (88.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,765 (out of which the population of Chocianów amounts to 8,215, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,550).

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Chocianów is bordered by the gminas of Chojnów

Gmina Chojnów

Gmina Chojnów is a rural gmina in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Chojnów, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Gromadka

Gmina Gromadka

Gmina Gromadka is a rural gmina in Bolesławiec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. Its seat is the village of Gromadka, which lies approximately north-east of Bolesławiec and west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Lubin

Gmina Lubin

Gmina Lubin is a rural gmina in Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Lubin, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

, Polkowice

Gmina Polkowice

Gmina Polkowice is an urban-rural gmina in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Polkowice, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Wrocław....

, Przemków

Gmina Przemków

Gmina Przemków is an urban-rural gmina in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Przemków, which lies approximately west of Polkowice, and north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Radwanice

Gmina Radwanice

Gmina Radwanice is a rural gmina in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Radwanice, which lies approximately north-west of Polkowice, and north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

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Villages

Apart from the town of Chocianów

Chocianów

Chocianów is a town in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Chocianów. The town lies approximately south-west of Polkowice, and west of the regional capital Wrocław...

, the gmina contains the villages of Brunów

Brunów, Polkowice County

Brunów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chocianów, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Chocianowiec

Chocianowiec

Chocianowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chocianów, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Duninów

Duninów

Duninów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chocianów, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Jabłonów, Michałów, Ogrodzisko

Ogrodzisko, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Ogrodzisko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chocianów, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Parchów

Parchów

Parchów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chocianów, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Pogorzeliska

Pogorzeliska

Pogorzeliska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chocianów, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Raków

Raków, Polkowice County

Raków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chocianów, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately south of Chocianów, south-west of Polkowice, and west of the regional capital...

, Szklary Dolne

Szklary Dolne

Szklary Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chocianów, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Trzebnice

Trzebnice

Trzebnice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chocianów, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Trzmielów

Trzmielów

Trzmielów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chocianów, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

 and Żabice

Zabice, Gmina Chocianów

Żabice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chocianów, within Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany.The village has a population of 236.-References:...

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