| Gmina Babice Babice Commune | |||
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| Coordinates(Babice): 50°4′12″N19°26′55″E / 50.07000°N 19.44861°E Coordinates: 50°4′12″N19°26′55″E / 50.07000°N 19.44861°E | |||
| Country |  | ||
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland | ||
| County | Chrzanów | ||
| Seat | Babice | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 54.47 km2 (21.03 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 8,803 | ||
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) | ||
| Website | http://www.babice.pl/ | ||
Gmina Babice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Babice, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Chrzanów and 36 km (22 mi) west of the regional capital Kraków.
The gmina is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. As of 2010 there were 2,478 gminy throughout the country. The word gmina derives from the German word Gemeinde, meaning "community".
Chrzanów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Chrzanów, which lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the regional capital Kraków. The county contains three other towns: Trzebinia, 8 km (5 mi) north-east of Chrzanów, Libiąż, 8 km (5 mi) south-west of Chrzanów, and Alwernia, 12 km (7 mi) south-east of Chrzanów.
Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province, also known as Małopolska Voivodeship or Małopolska Province, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of 15,108 square kilometres (5,833 sq mi), and a population of 3,267,731 (2006).
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The gmina covers an area of 54.47 square kilometres (21.0 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,803.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Tenczynek Landscape Park.
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international organizations involved.
Tenczynek Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1981, and covering an area of 117.47 square kilometres (45.36 sq mi).
