Gmina Blachownia | |
Other Name: | Blachownia Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Częstochowa |
Area Total Km2: | 67.21 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 12935 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 9545 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 3390 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Blachownia |
Coordinates: | 50.7833°N 76°W |
Seat: | Blachownia |
Website: | http://gminablachownia.pl/ |
Gmina Blachownia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Blachownia, which lies approximately 11km (07miles) west of Częstochowa and 600NaN0 north of the regional capital Katowice.
The gmina covers an area of 67.21km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 12,935.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Upper Liswarta Forests Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Blachownia, Gmina Blachownia contains the villages and settlements of Kolonia Łojki, Konradów, Łojki and Wyrazów.
Gmina Blachownia is bordered by the city of Częstochowa and by the gminas of Herby, Konopiska and Wręczyca Wielka.