__NOTOC__ Gmina Alwernia is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in

Chrzanów County __NOTOC__ Chrzanów County ( pl, powiat chrzanowski) 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 governm ...

Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopolskie ), also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). It was created on 1 ...

, in southern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

. Its seat is the town of

Alwernia Alwernia is a town situated some west of Kraków in the Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The town has an area of , and as of December 2021 it has a population of 3,310. History The name of the town is taken from that ...

, which lies approximately south-east of

Chrzanów Chrzanów () is a town in southern Poland with 35,651 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999) and is the seat of Chrzanów County. History History to 1809 It is impossible to establish ...

and 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 159 ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,689 (of which the population of Alwernia is 3,406, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,283). The gmina contains part of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

called

Tenczynek Landscape Park Tenczynek Landscape Park (''Tenczyński Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( a Landscape Park) in southern Poland, established in 1981, and covering an area of . The Park lies within Lesser Poland Voivodeship: in Chrzanów County ( Gmina C ...

Villages

Apart from the town of Alwernia, Gmina Alwernia contains the villages and settlements of Brodła, Grojec, Kwaczała, Mirów,

Nieporaz Nieporaz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Alwernia, within Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Alwernia, east of Chrzanów, and west of the regional capital Krak� ...

, Okleśna, Podłęże,

Poręba Żegoty Poręba Żegoty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Alwernia, within Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately east of Alwernia, south-east of Chrzanów, and west of the regional cap ...

, Regulice and Źródła.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Alwernia is bordered by the gminas of Babice,

, Czernichów,

Krzeszowice Krzeszowice (german: 1941-45 Kressendorf) is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. As of 2004, its population was 9,993. Krzeszowice belongs to ''Kraków Metropolitan Area'', and lies 25 kilometers west of the ...

, Spytkowice,

Trzebinia Trzebinia (; yi, טשעבין ''Tchebin'') is a town in Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland, Poland with an Orlen oil refinery and a major rail junction of the Kraków - Katowice line, with connections to Oświęcim and Spytkowice. The town bec ...

and

Zator Zator may refer to: People * Dominick Zator (born 1994), Canadian football player Places * Gmina Zator, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland * Zator, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland * Zator, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland * Zátor, Czech Republic ...

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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