Gmina Wadowice | |
Other Name: | Wadowice Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wadowice |
Area Total Km2: | 113 |
Population Total: | 37481 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 19149 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 18332 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Wadowice |
Coordinates: | 49.8833°N 49°W |
Seat: | Wadowice |
Website: | http://www.wadowice.pl/ |
Gmina Wadowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Wadowice, which lies approximately 38km (24miles) south-west of the regional capital Kraków.
The gmina covers an area of 113km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 37,481 (of which the population of Wadowice is 19,149, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 18,332).
Apart from the town of Wadowice, Gmina Wadowice contains the villages and settlements of Babica, Barwałd Dolny, Chocznia, Gorzeń Dolny, Gorzeń Górny, Jaroszowice, Kaczyna, Klecza Dolna, Klecza Górna, Ponikiew, Ponikiew-Chobot, Roków, Stanisław Górny, Wysoka and Zawadka.
Gmina Wadowice is bordered by the gminas of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Mucharz, Stryszów, Tomice, Wieprz and Zembrzyce.