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Gmina Andrychów is an urban-rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Wadowice County
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Wadowice County ( pl, powiat wadowicki) 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 governme ...
,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
. Its seat is the town of
Andrychów
Andrychów ( la, Andrichovia, list=no, german: Andrichau, list=no, hist. also ''Andrychau'') is the largest town in Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The town is located in the Little Beskids, in the historical region of Les ...
, which lies approximately west of
Wadowice
Wadowice (; ger, Frauenstadt – Wadowitz) is a town in southern Poland, southwest of Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants (2006), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie). W ...
and south-west of the regional capital
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 42,893 (of which the population of Andrychów is 21,691, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 21,202).
Villages
Apart from the town of Andrychów, Gmina Andrychów contains the villages and settlements of
Brzezinka
Brzezinka (; german: link=no, Birkenau; cs, Březinka) is a village in southern Poland, about from Oświęcim, in the district of Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
General information
The village is near the c ...
,
Inwałd,
Roczyny
Roczyny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Andrychów, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Andrychów, west of Wadowice, and south-west of the regional c ...
,
Rzyki,
Sułkowice
Sułkowice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998).
Sport
* Meble-Ryś Gościbia Sułkowice - women's handball
Handball (also known as team ...
,
Targanice and
Zagórnik.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Andrychów is bordered by the gminas of
Kęty
Kęty is a town in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland with 18,955 inhabitants (2012).
The town located in Silesian Foothills dates its earliest document from 1277 when Polish prince of Opole Władysław Opolski, Władysław c ...
,
Łękawica,
Porąbka,
Ślemień,
Stryszawa and
Wieprz
The Wieprz (, ; ua, Вепр, Vepr) is a river in central-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula. It is the country's ninth longest river, with a total length of 349 km and a catchment area of 10,497 km2, all within Poland. Its cour ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
External links
The old website (archived)
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Andrychow
Wadowice County