| Gmina Wierzchosławice Wierzchosławice Commune | |||
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| Coordinates(Wierzchosławice): 50°00′57″N20°51′45″E / 50.015970°N 20.862600°E Coordinates: 50°00′57″N20°51′45″E / 50.015970°N 20.862600°E | |||
| Country |  | ||
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland | ||
| County | Tarnów County | ||
| Seat | Wierzchosławice | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 74.84 km2 (28.90 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 10,628 | ||
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) | ||
| Website | http://www.wierzchoslawice.pl | ||
Gmina Wierzchosławice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Wierzchosławice, which lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Tarnów and 66 km (41 mi) east 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".
Tarnów 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 city of Tarnów, although the city is not part of the county. The county contains seven towns: Tuchów, 16 km (10 mi) south of Tarnów, Żabno, 14 km (9 mi) north-west of Tarnów, Wojnicz, 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Tarnów, Radłów, 13 km (8 mi) north-west of Tarnów, Ryglice, 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Tarnów, Ciężkowice, 26 km (16 mi) south of Tarnów, and Zakliczyn, 25 km (16 mi) south-west of Tarnów.
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 74.84 square kilometres (28.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,628.
