Gmina Gierałtowice

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Gmina Gierałtowice
Gierałtowice Commune
Gmina
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Coordinates(Gierałtowice): 50°13′0″N18°43′0″E / 50.21667°N 18.71667°E / 50.21667; 18.71667 Coordinates: 50°13′0″N18°43′0″E / 50.21667°N 18.71667°E / 50.21667; 18.71667
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Gliwice County
Seat Gierałtowice
Area
 • Total 39 km2 (15 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 10,680
 • Density 270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Website http://www.gieraltowice.pl/

Gmina Gierałtowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Gierałtowice, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Gliwice and 21 km (13 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

Gmina administrative division of Poland

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".

Gliwice County County in Silesian, Poland

Gliwice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian 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 is the city of Gliwice, although the city is not part of the county. The county contains four towns: Knurów, 8 km (5 mi) south of Gliwice, Pyskowice, 12 km (7 mi) north of Gliwice, Toszek, 22 km (14 mi) north-west of Gliwice, and Sośnicowice, 10 km (6 mi) west of Gliwice.

Silesian Voivodeship Voivodeship in Poland

Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province, German: Woiwodschaft Schlesien, Czech: Slezské vojvodství) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia, with Katowice serving as its capital.

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The gmina covers an area of 39 square kilometres (15.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,680.

Villages

Gmina Gierałtowice contains the villages of Chudów, Gierałtowice, Paniówki and Przyszowice.

Chudów Village in Silesian, Poland

Chudów is a village in the district of Gliwice County, within the municipality of Gmina Gierałtowice, Silesian Voivodeship, in the historical region of Silesia. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Gierałtowice, 12 km (7 mi) south-east of Gliwice, and 16 km (10 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice. The village has a population of 1,493 (2012).

Gierałtowice, Silesian Voivodeship Village in Silesian, Poland

Gierałtowice is a village in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Gierałtowice. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Gliwice and 21 km (13 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice. The village has a population of 3,752.

Paniówki Village in Silesian, Poland

Paniówki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gierałtowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Gierałtowice, 10 km (6 mi) south-east of Gliwice, and 17 km (11 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Gierałtowice is bordered by the towns of Gliwice, Knurów, Mikołów, Ruda Śląska and Zabrze, and by the gmina of Ornontowice.

Knurów Place in Silesian, Poland

Knurów is a town near Katowice in Silesia, southern Poland. Knurów borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, a metropolis with a population of two million.

Mikołów Place in Silesian, Poland

Mikołów is a town in Silesia, in southern Poland, near the city of Katowice. It borders the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, a metropolis with a population of over 2 million, and is within a greater Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the town is 38,821 (2008). Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Jamna stream, a tributary of the Kłodnica River and indirectly the Oder.

Ruda Śląska Place in Silesian, Poland

Ruda Śląska(listen) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is a district in the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, a metropolis with a population of 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river.

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