Gmina Pilchowice | |
Other Name: | Pilchowice Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gliwice |
Coor Pinpoint: | Pilchowice |
Coordinates: | 50.2153°N 18.5611°W |
Area Total Km2: | 67.51 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 11945 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Seat: | Pilchowice |
Website: | https://pilchowice.pl/ |
Gmina Pilchowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Pilchowice, which lies approximately 11km (07miles) south-west of Gliwice and 320NaN0 west of the regional capital Katowice.
The gmina covers an area of 67.51km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 11,945.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Rudy Landscape Park.
Gmina Pilchowice contains the villages and settlements of Kuźnia Nieborowska, Leboszowice, Nieborowice, Pilchowice, Stanica, Wilcza and Żernica.
Gmina Pilchowice is bordered by the towns of Gliwice, Knurów and Rybnik, and by the gminas of Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Kuźnia Raciborska and Sośnicowice.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland. Gmina Pilchowice is twinned with:[2]