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Gmina Czernichów is a rural
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
(administrative district) in
Żywiec County
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Żywiec County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government r ...
,
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship ( ) is an administrative province in southern Poland. With over 4.2 million residents and an area of 12,300 square kilometers, it is the second-most populous, and the most-densely populated and most-urbanized region of Poland ...
, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of
Czernichów, which lies approximately north of
Żywiec and south of the regional capital
Katowice
Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 6,774.
Villages
Gmina Czernichów contains the villages and settlements of
Czernichów,
Międzybrodzie Bialskie,
Międzybrodzie Żywieckie
Międzybrodzie Żywieckie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czernichów, within Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Czernichów, north of Żywiec, and south of the regi ...
and
Tresna.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Czernichów is bordered by the towns of
Bielsko-Biała
Bielsko-Biała (; ; , ; ) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the List of cities and towns in Poland#Largest cities and towns by population, 22nd largest city in Poland, and an a ...
and
Żywiec, and by the gminas of
Kozy,
Łękawica,
Łodygowice,
Porąbka and
Wilkowice.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Czernichów is
twinned with:
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Costa di Rovigo, Italy
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Neuvy, France
References
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Czernichow
Żywiec County