__NOTOC__ Gmina Dobczyce is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Myślenice County, 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

Dobczyce Dobczyce is a town in southern Poland, situated since 1999 in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (previously in Kraków Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998). As of December 2021, the town has a population of 6,388. There is a large dam with Lake Dobczyce ...

, which lies approximately north-east of

Myślenice Myślenice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998). Population: 20,261 (2007). The town is divided into six districts. One of them, Zarabie, is a popu ...

and south-east of the regional capital

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. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 13,941 (out of which the population of Dobczyce amounts to 6,028, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,913).

Villages

Apart from the town of Dobczyce, Gmina Dobczyce contains the villages and settlements of Bieńkowice, Brzączowice, Brzezowa, Dziekanowice, Kędzierzynka, Kornatka, Niezdów, Nowa Wieś, Rudnik,

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, Skrzynka, Stadniki and Stojowice.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Dobczyce is bordered by the gminas of Gdów,

Raciechowice Raciechowice is a village in Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Raciechowice. It lies approximately east of Myślenice and south-east of the regio ...

, Siepraw,

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and Wiśniowa.

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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Myślenice County