Gmina Wilamowice | |
Other Name: | Wilamowice Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bielsko |
Area Total Km2: | 56.72 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 17613 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 3100 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 14513 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Wilamowice |
Coordinates: | 49.9164°N 19.1519°W |
Seat: | Wilamowice |
Website: | http://www.gmina.wilamowice.pl |
Gmina Wilamowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Wilamowice, which lies approximately 12km (07miles) north-east of Bielsko-Biała and 390NaN0 south of the regional capital Katowice.It is known for the Wymysorys language, which is spoken by some of the people here, mainly among the Vilamovian ethnic minority in Wilamowice.
The gmina covers an area of 56.72km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 17,613.
Apart from the town of Wilamowice, Gmina Wilamowice contains the villages and settlements of Dankowice, Hecznarowice, Pisarzowice, Stara Wieś and Zasole Bielańskie.
Gmina Wilamowice is bordered by the city of Bielsko-Biała and by the gminas of Bestwina, Brzeszcze, Kęty, Kozy and Miedźna.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland. Gmina Wilamowice is twinned with:[2]