Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz Explained

Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz
Other Name:Nowy Wiśnicz Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bochnia
Area Total Km2:82.49
Population Total:12895
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:2716
Population Blank1 Title:Rural
Population Blank1:10179
Coor Pinpoint:Nowy Wiśnicz
Coordinates:49.9167°N 47°W
Seat:Nowy Wiśnicz
Website:http://umwisnicz.home.pl/

Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowy Wiśnicz, which lies approximately 8km (05miles) south of Bochnia and 400NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków.

The gmina covers an area of 82.49km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 12,895 (out of which the population of Nowy Wiśnicz amounts to 2,716, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,179).

The gmina contains part of the protected area called Wiśnicz-Lipnica Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Nowy Wiśnicz, Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz contains the villages and settlements of Chronów, Kobyle, Kopaliny, Królówka, Leksandrowa, Łomna, Muchówka, Olchawa, Połom Duży, Stary Wiśnicz and Wiśnicz Mały.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Nowy Wiśnicz is bordered by the town of Bochnia and by the gminas of Bochnia, Brzesko, Gnojnik, Lipnica Murowana, Trzciana and Żegocina.

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