Gmina Raciechowice 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 Myślenice County

Myslenice County

Myślenice 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 Myślenice, 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 Raciechowice

Raciechowice

Raciechowice is a village in Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Raciechowice. It lies approximately east of Myślenice and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Myślenice

Myslenice

Myślenice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Kraków Voivodeship . Population: 20,261.-Twin towns — Sister cities:Myślenice is twinned with: Bełchatów, Poland- Sports :...

 and 28 km (17 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 60.97 square kilometres (23.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,950.

Villages

Gmina Raciechowice contains the villages and settlements of Bojańczyce

Bojanczyce

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

, Czasław, Dąbie

Dabie, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Dąbie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raciechowice, within Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland....

, Gruszów

Gruszów, Myslenice County

Gruszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raciechowice, within Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Raciechowice, east of Myślenice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Kawec

Kawec

Kawec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raciechowice, within Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Raciechowice, east of Myślenice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Komorniki

Komorniki, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Krzesławice, Krzyworzeka

Krzyworzeka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Kwapinka

Kwapinka

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

, Mierzeń

Mierzen

Mierzeń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raciechowice, within Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Raciechowice, east of Myślenice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Poznachowice Górne

Poznachowice Górne

Poznachowice Górne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raciechowice, within Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Raciechowice, east of Myślenice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a...

, Raciechowice

Raciechowice

Raciechowice is a village in Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Raciechowice. It lies approximately east of Myślenice and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.-References:...

, Sawa

Sawa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Sawa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raciechowice, within Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Raciechowice, east of Myślenice, and south-east of the regional capital Kraków....

, Zegartowice

Zegartowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

 and Żerosławice.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Raciechowice is bordered by the gminas of Dobczyce

Gmina Dobczyce

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

, Gdów

Gmina Gdów

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

, Jodłownik, Łapanów and Wiśniowa

Gmina Wisniowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

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