Gmina Wieliczka | |
Other Name: | Wieliczka Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wieliczka |
Area Total Km2: | 100.1 |
Population Total: | 68904 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 27845 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 41059 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Wieliczka |
Coordinates: | 49.9894°N 20.0661°W |
Seat: | Wieliczka |
Website: | http://www.wieliczka.gmina.com/ |
Gmina Wieliczka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Wieliczka, which lies approximately 13km (08miles) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.
The gmina covers an area of 100.1km2, and as of 2023, its total population is 68,904 (out of which the population of Wieliczka amounts to 27,845, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 41,059).[1]
Apart from the town of Wieliczka, Gmina Wieliczka contains the villages and settlements of Brzegi, Byszyce, Chorągwica, Czarnochowice, Dobranowice, Golkowice, Gorzków, Grabie, Grabówki, Grajów, Jankówka, Janowice, Kokotów, Koźmice Małe, Koźmice Wielkie, Lednica Górna, Mała Wieś, Mietniów, Pawlikowice, Podstolice, Raciborsko, Rożnowa, Siercza, Śledziejowice, Strumiany, Sułków, Sygneczów, Węgrzce Wielkie and Zabawa.
Gmina Wieliczka is bordered by the city of Kraków and by the gminas of Biskupice, Dobczyce, Gdów, Niepołomice, Siepraw and Świątniki Górne.