Gmina Alwernia | |
Other Name: | Alwernia Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Chrzanów |
Area Total Km2: | 75.27 |
Population Total: | 12689 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 3406 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 9283 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Alwernia |
Coordinates: | 50.0667°N 50°W |
Seat: | Alwernia |
Website: | http://www.alwernia.pl/ |
Gmina Alwernia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Alwernia, which lies approximately 12km (07miles) south-east of Chrzanów and 310NaN0 west of the regional capital Kraków.
The gmina covers an area of 75.27km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 12,689 (of which the population of Alwernia is 3,406, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,283).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Tenczynek Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Alwernia, Gmina Alwernia contains the villages and settlements of Brodła, Grojec, Kwaczała, Mirów, Nieporaz, Okleśna, Podłęże, Poręba Żegoty, Regulice and Źródła.
Gmina Alwernia is bordered by the gminas of Babice, Chrzanów, Czernichów, Krzeszowice, Spytkowice, Trzebinia and Zator.