Gmina Trzyciąż 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 Olkusz County

Olkusz County

Olkusz 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 Olkusz, 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 Trzyciąż

Trzyciaz

Trzyciąż is a village in Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Trzyciąż. It lies approximately east of Olkusz and north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

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

Olkusz

Olkusz is a town in south Poland with 37,696 inhabitants . Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Katowice Voivodeship , it is the capital of Olkusz County...

 and 31 km (19 mi) north-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 96.56 square kilometres (37.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,131.

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 Dłubnia Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Trzyciąż contains the villages and settlements of Glanów

Glanów

Glanów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzyciąż, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Trzyciąż, east of Olkusz, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Imbramowice

Imbramowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Imbramowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzyciąż, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Trzyciąż, east of Olkusz, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Jangrot

Jangrot

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

, Małyszyce, Michałówka, Milonki

Milonki

Milonki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzyciąż, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Trzyciąż, east of Olkusz, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Podchybie

Podchybie, Olkusz County

Podchybie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzyciąż, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Trzyciąż, east of Olkusz, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Porąbka

Porabka, Olkusz County

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

, Ściborzyce

Sciborzyce, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Ściborzyce is a village located in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Olkusz County, Trzyciąż Commune in Poland. It lies approximately east of Trzyciąż, east of Olkusz, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

, Sucha

Sucha, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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

, Trzyciąż

Trzyciaz

Trzyciąż is a village in Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Trzyciąż. It lies approximately east of Olkusz and north-west of the regional capital Kraków....

, Zadroże

Zadroze

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

 and Zagórowa

Zagórowa

Zagórowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzyciąż, within Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Trzyciąż, east of Olkusz, and north of the regional capital Kraków....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Trzyciąż is bordered by the gminas of Gołcza, 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....

, Skała, Sułoszowa and Wolbrom

Gmina Wolbrom

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

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