Gmina Pieszyce Explained

Gmina Pieszyce
Other Name:Pieszyce Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Dzierżoniów
Area Total Km2:64.64
Population As Of:2019-06-30[1]
Population Total:9466
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:7123
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:2343
Coor Pinpoint:Pieszyce
Coordinates:50.7167°N 51°W
Seat:Pieszyce
Website:http://www.um.pieszyce.pl/

Gmina Pieszyce is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Pieszyce. The gmina was created in 2016 as previously it was an urban gmina, by giving a village status to four parts of Pieszyce town.

The gmina covers an area of 64.64km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 9,466.

Villages

Apart from the town of Pieszyce, Gmina Pieszyce contains the villages and settlements of Bratoszów, Kamionki, Piskorzów and Rościszów.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Pieszyce is bordered by the towns of Bielawa and Dzierżoniów and gminas of Świdnica, Dzierżoniów, Walim and Nowa Ruda.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland. Gmina Pieszyce is twinned with:[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June. stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. 2020-03-23.
  2. Web site: Miasta partnerskie. um.pieszyce.pl. Gmina Pieszyce. pl. 2020-03-23.