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Gmina Gołcza 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
Miechów County
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Miechów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 19 ...
,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). Its capital and largest city is Kraków.
The province's name recalls the traditional name of a h ...
, in southern
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Gołcza, which lies approximately west of
Miechów
Miechów is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about north of Kraków. It is the capital of Miechów County. Population is 11,852 (2004). Miechów lies on the Miechówka river, along European route E77. The area of the town is , a ...
and north of the regional capital
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 6,265.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area
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called
DÅ‚ubnia Landscape Park.
Villages
Gmina Gołcza contains the villages and settlements of
Adamowice,
Buk,
Chobędza,
Cieplice,
Czaple Małe,
Czaple Wielkie,
Gołcza,
Kamienica,
Krępa,
Laski Dworskie,
Maków,
Mostek
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,
Przybysławice,
Rzeżuśnia,
Szreniawa,
Trzebienice,
Ulina Mała,
Ulina Wielka,
Wielkanoc,
Wysocice,
Żarnowica and
Zawadka.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Gołcza is bordered by the gminas of
Charsznica,
Iwanowice,
Miechów
Miechów is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about north of Kraków. It is the capital of Miechów County. Population is 11,852 (2004). Miechów lies on the Miechówka river, along European route E77. The area of the town is , a ...
,
Skała,
SÅ‚omniki,
Trzyciąż and
Wolbrom.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Golcza
Miechów County