Gmina Święta Katarzyna

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Gmina Święta Katarzyna
Święta Katarzyna Commune
—  Gmina  —
Coat of arms of Gmina Święta Katarzyna
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Święta Katarzyna): 51°02′N 17°07′E / 51.033, 17.117
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Wrocław County
Seat Święta Katarzyna
Area
 - Total 98.57 km² (38.1 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 13,552
 - Density 137.5/km² (356.1/sq mi)
 - Urban 3,851
 - Rural 9,701
Website: http://www.sw-katarzyna.pl

Gmina Święta Katarzyna is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It includes the town of Siechnice, but the gmina takes its name from, and has its seat in, the village of Święta Katarzyna. (The only other urban-rural gmina in Poland to have its seat in a village rather than its town is Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce.)

Święta Katarzyna lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of the county and regional capital, Wrocław. The town of Siechnice is about 2 km east of Święta Katarzyna.

The gmina covers an area of 98.57 square kilometres (38.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 13,552 (out of which the urban population – the population of Siechnice – is 3,851, while the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,701).

[edit] Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Święta Katarzyna is bordered by the city of Wrocław and by the gminas of Czernica, Domaniów, Kobierzyce, Oława and Żórawina.

[edit] Villages

Apart from the town of Siechnice, the gmina contains the villages of Biestrzyków, Blizanowice, Bogusławice, Durok, Groblice, Grodziszów, Iwiny, Kotowice, Łukaszowice, Mokry Dwór, Ozorzyce, Radomierzyce, Radwanice, Smardzów, Sulęcin, Sulimów, Święta Katarzyna, Szostakowice, Trestno, Zacharzyce, Zębice and Żerniki Wrocławskie.

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