Gmina Sośnicowice | |
Other Name: | Sośnicowice Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gliwice |
Area Total Km2: | 116.24 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 8894 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 1919 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 6975 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Sośnicowice |
Coordinates: | 50.2833°N 18.5333°W |
Seat: | Sośnicowice |
Website: | http://www.sosnicowice.pl/ |
Gmina Sośnicowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Sośnicowice, which lies approximately 10km (10miles) west of Gliwice and 340NaN0 west of the regional capital Katowice.
The gmina covers an area of 116.24km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 8,894.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Rudy Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Sośnicowice, Gmina Sośnicowice contains the villages and settlements of Bargłówka, Gajówka, Kozłów, Kuźniczka, Łany Wielkie, Nowa Wieś, Podlesie, Rachowice, Sierakowice, Sierakowiczki, Smolnica, Trachy, Tworóg Mały, Wesoła and Zamoście.
Gmina Sośnicowice is bordered by the city of Gliwice and by the gminas of Bierawa, Kuźnia Raciborska, Pilchowice and Rudziniec.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland. Gmina Sośnicowice is twinned with:[2]