__NOTOC__ Gmina Wręczyca Wielka 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

Kłobuck County __NOTOC__ Kłobuck County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. I ...

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, in southern

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. Its seat is the village of

Wręczyca Wielka Wręczyca Wielka is a village in Kłobuck County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wręczyca Wielka. It lies approximately south of Kłobuck and north of the regional c ...

, which lies approximately south of

Kłobuck Kłobuck is a town in southern Poland, with 12,934 inhabitants (2019). Located in the Silesian Voivodeship, about 15 km northwest of Częstochowa, it is the capital of Kłobuck County. Historically, Kłobuck belongs to Lesser Poland, and is l ...

and north 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 17,760. 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 Upper Liswarta Forests Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Wręczyca Wielka contains the villages and settlements of Bieżeń, Bór Zapilski, Borowe, Brzezinki, Czarna Wieś, Długi Kąt, Golce, Grodzisko, Hutka, Jezioro, Kalej, Klepaczka, Kuleje, Nowa Szarlejka, Nowiny, Pierzchno, Piła Druga, Piła Pierwsza, Puszczew, Szarlejka, Truskolasy, Węglowice, Wręczyca Mała,

, Wydra and Zamłynie.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wręczyca Wielka is bordered by the city of

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. However, Częstochowa is historically part of Lesser Poland, not Si ...

and by the gminas of Blachownia, Herby,

Opatów Opatów (; ) is a town in southeastern Poland, within Opatów County in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Province). Historically, it was part of a greater region called Lesser Poland. In 2012 the population was 6,658. Opatów is located ...

, Panki and Przystajń.

References

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