__NOTOC__ Gmina Tuchów 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

Tarnów County __NOTOC__ Tarnów County () 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 government reforms passed in 199 ...

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 Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. Its seat is the town of

Tuchów Tuchów is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 6,476 (2004). It lies on the ''Biała'' river, at the height of above sea level. The distance to Kraków is , and to the border with Slovakia, approxim ...

, which lies approximately south of

Tarnów Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east– ...

and east 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 17,654 (out of which the population of Tuchów amounts to 6,501, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 11,153). The gmina contains part of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

called

Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Pasma Brzanki'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in southern Poland, established in 1995. The Park is shared between two voivodeships: Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Subcarpathian Voivodeshi ...

Villages

Apart from the town of Tuchów, Gmina Tuchów contains the villages and settlements of Buchcice, Burzyn, Dąbrówka Tuchowska, Jodłówka Tuchowska, Karwodrza,

Łowczów Łowczów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Tuchów, south of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Krakó ...

, Lubaszowa, Meszna Opacka, Piotrkowice, Siedliska,

Trzemeszna Trzemeszna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchów, south-east of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Krak� ...

and

Zabłędza Zabłędza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchów, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north of Tuchów, south-east of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Krak� ...

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Tuchów is bordered by the gminas of Gromnik, Pleśna,

Ryglice Ryglice is a town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Tarnów County, the seat of the urban-rural gmina Ryglice. It is located about from Tarnów, near the town of Tuchów, and had town privileges in 1824–1934, and from 2001. Between 1975 and 1998, ...

Rzepiennik Strzyżewski Rzepiennik Strzyżewski is a village in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Rzepiennik Strzyżewski. It lies approximately south of Tarnów and east o ...

, Skrzyszów,

Szerzyny Szerzyny is a village in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Szerzyny. It lies approximately south-east of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kra ...

and

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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