Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny | |
Other Name: | Czerwionka-Leszczyny Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Rybnik |
Area Total Km2: | 115.65 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 42152 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 28156 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 13996 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Czerwionka-Leszczyny |
Coordinates: | 50.15°N 59°W |
Seat: | Czerwionka-Leszczyny |
Website: | https://www.czerwionka-leszczyny.pl |
Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, which lies approximately 15km (09miles) north-east of Rybnik and 240NaN0 west of the regional capital Katowice.
The gmina covers an area of 115.65km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 42,152.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Rudy Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny contains the villages and settlements of Bełk, Książenice, Palowice, Przegędza, Stanowice and Szczejkowice.
Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny is bordered by the towns of Knurów, Orzesze, Rybnik and Żory, and by the gminas of Ornontowice and Pilchowice.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland. Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny is twinned with:[2]