Gmina Krzeszowice | |
Other Name: | Krzeszowice Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kraków County |
Area Total Km2: | 139.37 |
Population Total: | 31418 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 9942 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 21476 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Krzeszowice |
Coordinates: | 50.1333°N 57°W |
Seat: | Krzeszowice |
Website: | http://www.info.krzeszowice.pl/ |
Gmina Krzeszowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Krzeszowice, which lies approximately 24km (15miles) west of the regional capital Kraków.
The gmina covers an area of 139.37km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 31,418 (out of which the population of Krzeszowice amounts to 9,942, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 21,476).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Kraków Valleys Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Krzeszowice, Gmina Krzeszowice contains the villages and settlements of Czerna, Dębnik, Dubie, Filipowice, Frywałd, Miękinia, Nawojowa Góra, Nowa Góra, Nowa Góra-Łany, Ostrężnica, Paczółtowice, Rudno, Sanka, Siedlec, Tenczynek, Wola Filipowska, Zalas and Żary.
Gmina Krzeszowice is bordered by the gminas of Alwernia, Czernichów, Jerzmanowice-Przeginia, Liszki, Olkusz, Trzebinia and Zabierzów.