Gmina Tuchów | |
Other Name: | Tuchów Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Tarnów County |
Area Total Km2: | 100.14 |
Population Total: | 17654 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 6501 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 11153 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Tuchów |
Coordinates: | 49.9°N 24°W |
Seat: | Tuchów |
Website: | http://www.tuchow.pl |
Gmina Tuchów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Tuchów, which lies approximately 16km (10miles) south of Tarnów and 820NaN0 east of the regional capital Kraków.
The gmina covers an area of 100.14km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 17,654 (out of which the population of Tuchów amounts to 6,501, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,153).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Tuchów, Gmina Tuchów contains the villages and settlements of Buchcice, Burzyn, Dąbrówka Tuchowska, Jodłówka Tuchowska, Karwodrza, Łowczów, Lubaszowa, Meszna Opacka, Piotrkowice, Siedliska, Trzemeszna and Zabłędza.
Gmina Tuchów is bordered by the gminas of Gromnik, Pleśna, Ryglice, Rzepiennik Strzyżewski, Skrzyszów, Szerzyny and Tarnów.