Gmina Krzeszowice 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 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 town of Krzeszowice

Krzeszowice

Krzeszowice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. As of 2004, the population of Krzeszowice was 9,993.In 2008, it was selected with 19 villages of Europe -Germany, Poland, Italy and Spain- for the Spanish documentary film "Villages of Europe" Pueblos de Europa,...

, which lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) 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 139.37 square kilometres (53.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 31,418 (out of which the population of Krzeszowice amounts to 9,942, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 21,476).

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

Apart from the town of Krzeszowice, Gmina Krzeszowice contains the villages and settlements of Czerna

Czerna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Dębnik

Debnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Dubie

Dubie, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Filipowice

Filipowice, Kraków County

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

, Frywałd, Miękinia

Miekinia, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Nawojowa Góra

Nawojowa Góra

Nawojowa Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzeszowice, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.The village has a population of 1,896....

, Nowa Góra, Nowa Góra-Łany, Ostrężnica

Ostreznica

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

, Paczółtowice, Rudno

Rudno, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Sanka

Sanka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Siedlec

Siedlec, Kraków County

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

, Tenczynek

Tenczynek

Tenczynek is a small village in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in Gmina Krzeszowice, about 25 km west of the city of Kraków.It gives its name to the protected area called Tenczynek Landscape Park.-Companies :...

, Wola Filipowska

Wola Filipowska

Wola Filipowska is a village in Poland in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. In the years 1975-1998 it was in Kraków Voivodeship. Wola Filipowska is a small village on the road from Kraków to Trzebinia and is located by the Dulówka river....

, Zalas

Zalas, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

 and Żary

Zary, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Krzeszowice is bordered by the gminas of Alwernia

Gmina Alwernia

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

, Czernichów, 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....

, 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....

, Olkusz

Gmina Olkusz

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

, Trzebinia

Gmina Trzebinia

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

 and Zabierzów

Gmina Zabierzów

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

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