Gmina Siewierz | |
Other Name: | Siewierz Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Będzin |
Area Total Km2: | 115.76 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 12460 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 5581 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 6879 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Siewierz |
Coordinates: | 50.4733°N 19.2331°W |
Seat: | Siewierz |
Website: | http://www.siewierz.pl |
Gmina Siewierz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Siewierz, which lies approximately 18km (11miles) north-east of Będzin and 300NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Katowice.
The gmina covers an area of 115.76km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 12,460.
Apart from the town of Siewierz, Gmina Siewierz contains the villages and settlements of Brudzowice, Czekanka, Dzierżawa, Dziewki, Gołuchowice, Hektary, Kuźnica Piaskowa, Kuźnica Podleśna, Kuźnica Warężyńska, Leśniaki, Marcinków, Nowa Wioska, Podwarężyn, Podwarpie, Przedwarężyn, Słowik, Tuliszów, Warężyn, Wojkowice Kościelne, Zawarpie and Żelisławice.
Gmina Siewierz is bordered by the towns of Dąbrowa Górnicza, Myszków and Poręba, and by the gminas of Koziegłowy, Łazy, Mierzęcice and Ożarowice.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland. Gmina Siewierz is twinned with:[2]