Gmina Polkowice

Gmina Polkowice
Polkowice Commune
Gmina

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Coordinates (Polkowice): 51°30′N 16°04′E / 51.500°N 16.067°E / 51.500; 16.067Coordinates: 51°30′N 16°04′E / 51.500°N 16.067°E / 51.500; 16.067
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Polkowice
Seat Polkowice
Area
 • Total 158.77 km2 (61.30 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 26,034
 • Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
 • Urban 22,279
 • Rural 3,755
Website http://www.polkowice.pl

Gmina Polkowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Polkowice, which lies approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The gmina covers an area of 158.77 square kilometres (61.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 26,034 (out of which the population of Polkowice amounts to 22,279, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,755).

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Polkowice is bordered by the gminas of Chocianów, Grębocice, Jerzmanowa, Lubin, Radwanice and Rudna.

Villages

Apart from the town of Polkowice, the gmina contains the villages of Biedrzychowa, Dąbrowa, Guzice, Jędrzychów, Kaźmierzów, Komorniki, Moskorzyn, Nowa Wieś Lubińska, Pieszkowice, Polkowice Dolne, Sobin, Sucha Górna, Tarnówek, Trzebcz, Żelazny Most and Żuków.

References

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