| Gmina Tomice Tomice Commune | |||
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| Coordinates(Tomice): 49°54′4″N19°29′9″E / 49.90111°N 19.48583°E Coordinates: 49°54′4″N19°29′9″E / 49.90111°N 19.48583°E | |||
| Country |  | ||
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland | ||
| County | Wadowice | ||
| Seat | Tomice | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 41.73 km2 (16.11 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 7,232 | ||
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) | ||
| Website | http://www.tomice.pl | ||
Gmina Tomice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Tomice, which lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Wadowice and 37 km (23 mi) south-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".
Wadowice 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 is the town of Wadowice, the birthplace of Pope John Paul II, which lies 38 kilometres (24 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kraków. The county also contains the towns of Andrychów, lying 13 km (8 mi) west of Wadowice, and Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, 14 km (9 mi) east of Wadowice.
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 41.73 square kilometres (16.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,232.
