Gmina Ciężkowice | |
Other Name: | Ciężkowice 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: | 103.22 |
Population Total: | 11050 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 2378 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 8672 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Ciężkowice |
Coordinates: | 49.8°N 78°W |
Seat: | Ciężkowice |
Website: | http://www.ciezkowice.pl/ |
Gmina Ciężkowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ciężkowice, which lies approximately 26km (16miles) south of Tarnów and 800NaN0 east of the regional capital Kraków.
The gmina covers an area of 103.22km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 11,050 (out of which the population of Ciężkowice amounts to 2,378, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,672).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Ciężkowice-Rożnów Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Ciężkowice, Gmina Ciężkowice contains the villages and settlements of Bogoniowice, Bruśnik, Falkowa, Jastrzębia, Kąśna Dolna, Kąśna Górna, Kipszna, Ostrusza, Pławna, Siekierczyna, Tursko and Zborowice.
Gmina Ciężkowice is bordered by the gminas of Bobowa, Gromnik, Korzenna, Moszczenica, Rzepiennik Strzyżewski and Zakliczyn.