Gmina Siechnice
| Gmina Siechnice Siechnice Commune | ||
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| Gmina | ||
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| Coordinates (Siechnice): 51°2′N 17°9′E / 51.033°N 17.150°ECoordinates: 51°2′N 17°9′E / 51.033°N 17.150°E | ||
| Country |
 Poland | |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian | |
| County | Wrocław County | |
| Seat | Siechnice | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 98.57 km2 (38.06 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 13,552 | |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 3,851 | |
| • Rural | 9,701 | |
| Website | http://www.siechnice.gmina.pl/ | |
Gmina Siechnice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Siechnice, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of the county and regional capital, Wrocław.
Until 1 January 2010 the gmina was called Gmina Święta Katarzyna, and had its seat in the village of Święta Katarzyna, which is just to the west of Siechnice. (Now the only urban-rural gmina in Poland to have its seat in a village rather than its town is Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce.)
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).
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Siechnice is bordered by the city of Wrocław and by the gminas of Czernica, Domaniów, Kobierzyce, Oława and Żórawina.
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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