Gmina Rudziniec 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 Gliwice County

Gliwice County

Gliwice 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 is the city of Gliwice, although the city is not...

, 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 Rudziniec

Rudziniec

Rudziniec is a village in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Rudziniec. It lies approximately north-west of Gliwice and west of the regional capital Katowice....

, which lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) north-west of Gliwice

Gliwice

Gliwice is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Gliwice is the west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – a metropolis with a population of 2 million...

 and 44 km (27 mi) west 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 160.39 square kilometres (61.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,644.

Villages

Gmina Rudziniec contains the villages and settlements of Bojszów

Bojszów

Bojszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudziniec, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Rudziniec, west of Gliwice, and west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 957.-References:...

, Bycina

Bycina

Bycina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudziniec, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Rudziniec, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 888.-References:...

, Chechło, Kleszczów

Kleszczów, Silesian Voivodeship

Kleszczów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudziniec, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Rudziniec, north-west of Gliwice, and west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 781.-References:...

, Łącza, Łany, Ligota Łabędzka, Niekarmia

Niekarmia

Niekarmia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudziniec, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Rudziniec, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Niewiesze

Niewiesze

Niewiesze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudziniec, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Rudziniec, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Pławniowice, Poniszowice

Poniszowice

Poniszowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudziniec, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Rudziniec, north-west of Gliwice, and north-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of...

, Rudno

Rudno, Silesian Voivodeship

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

, Rudziniec

Rudziniec

Rudziniec is a village in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Rudziniec. It lies approximately north-west of Gliwice and west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Rzeczyce

Rzeczyce, Silesian Voivodeship

Rzeczyce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudziniec, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Rudziniec, north-west of Gliwice, and west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Słupsko, Taciszów

Taciszów

Taciszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudziniec, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Rudziniec, north-west of Gliwice, and west of the regional capital Katowice....

 and Widów

Widów, Silesian Voivodeship

Widów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudziniec, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Rudziniec, north-west of Gliwice, and west of the regional capital Katowice....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Rudziniec is bordered by the towns of Gliwice

Gliwice

Gliwice is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Gliwice is the west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – a metropolis with a population of 2 million...

, Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Kedzierzyn-Kozle

Kędzierzyn-Koźle is the capital city of Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Silesia, Poland. Kędzierzyn-Koźle is a place of a major river port, has rail connections with all major cities of Poland and serves western outskirts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union....

 and Pyskowice

Pyskowice

Pyskowice is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands....

, and by the gminas of Bierawa

Gmina Bierawa

Gmina Bierawa, German Gemeinde Birawa is a rural gmina in Kędzierzyn-Koźle County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Bierawa, which lies approximately south-east of Kędzierzyn-Koźle and south-east of the regional capital Opole.The gmina covers an area of ,...

, Sośnicowice

Gmina Sosnicowice

Gmina Sośnicowice is an urban-rural gmina in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Sośnicowice, which lies approximately west of Gliwice and west of the regional capital Katowice....

, Toszek

Gmina Toszek

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

 and Ujazd

Gmina Ujazd, Opole Voivodeship

Gmina Ujazd, German Gemeinde Ujest is an urban-rural gmina in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland...

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