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Gmina Siewierz is an urban-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
Będzin County
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Będzin County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its ...
,
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
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. Its seat is the town of
Siewierz
Siewierz is a town in southern Poland, in the Będzin County in the Silesian Voivodeship, seat of Gmina Siewierz. Siewierz is located in Dąbrowa Basin (''Zagłębie Dąbrowskie''), which is part of the historical and geographical region of Less ...
, which lies approximately north-east of
Będzin
Będzin (; also seen spelled ''Bendzin''; ) is a city in the Dąbrowa Basin, in southern Poland. It lies in the Silesian Highlands, on the Czarna Przemsza River (a tributary of the Vistula River, Vistula). Even though part of Silesian Voivodeship ...
and north-east 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 12,460.
Villages
Apart from the town of Siewierz, Gmina Siewierz contains the villages and settlements of
Brudzowice,
Czekanka,
Dzierżawa,
Dziewki,
Gołuchowice,
Hektary,
Kuźnica Piaskowa,
Kuźnica Podleśna,
Kuźnica Warężyńska,
Leśniaki,
Marcinków,
Nowa Wioska,
Podwarężyn,
Podwarpie,
Przedwarężyn,
Słowik,
Tuliszów,
Warężyn,
Wojkowice Kościelne,
Zawarpie and
Żelisławice.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Siewierz is bordered by the towns of
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Dąbrowa Górnicza () is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, southern Poland, near Katowice and Sosnowiec. It is located in eastern part of the Silesian Voivodeship, on the Czarna Przemsza and Biała Przemsza rivers (tributaries of the Vistula Rive ...
,
Myszków and
Poręba, and by the gminas of
Koziegłowy,
Łazy
Łazy is a town in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. As of 2019, the town has 6,811 inhabitants. Łazy belongs to the historic region of Lesser Poland.
History
In the Middle Ages, in the area of today's Łazy were five ...
,
Mierzęcice and
Ożarowice.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gmina Siewierz is
twinned with:
*
Edelény
Edelény is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies in the valley of Bódva River, north of the county seat, Miskolc. The historic L'Huillier-Coburg Palace is located there.
History
The area has been inhabited since ...
, Hungary
References
{{Będzin County
Siewierz
Siewierz is a town in southern Poland, in the Będzin County in the Silesian Voivodeship, seat of Gmina Siewierz. Siewierz is located in Dąbrowa Basin (''Zagłębie Dąbrowskie''), which is part of the historical and geographical region of Less ...
Będzin County