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Gmina Raciechowice is a rural
gmina
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(administrative district) in
Myślenice County
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Myślenice County ( pl, powiat myślenicki) 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 gover ...
,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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It was created on 1 ...
, in southern
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Raciechowice, which lies approximately east of
Myślenice
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and south-east of the regional capital
Kraków
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.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,950.
Villages
Gmina Raciechowice contains the villages and settlements of
Bojańczyce,
Czasław,
Dąbie,
Gruszów,
Kawec,
Komorniki,
Krzesławice,
Krzyworzeka,
Kwapinka,
Mierzeń,
Poznachowice Górne,
Raciechowice,
Sawa,
Zegartowice and
Żerosławice.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Raciechowice is bordered by the gminas of
Dobczyce,
Gdów,
Jodłownik,
Łapanów and
Wiśniowa.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
{{Myślenice County
Raciechowice
Myślenice County