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

, which lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Mikołów and 15 km (9 mi) south-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...

. The gmina also contains the village of Gostyń
Gostyn, Silesian Voivodeship
Gostyń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyry, within Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wyry, south of Mikołów, and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.The village has a population of 2,900.-References:...

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The gmina covers an area of 34.45 square kilometres (13.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,328.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wyry is bordered by the towns of Łaziska Górne, Mikołów, Orzesze
Orzesze
Orzesze 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 Tychy
Tychy
Tychy is a city in Silesia, Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bieruń to the east and Kobiór to the south...

, and by the gmina of Kobiór
Gmina Kobiór
Gmina Kobiór is a rural gmina in Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kobiór, which lies approximately north of Pszczyna and south of the regional capital Katowice....

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