Gmina Prochowice

Gmina Prochowice
Prochowice Commune
Gmina

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Coordinates (Prochowice): 51°16′27″N 16°21′54″E / 51.27417°N 16.36500°ECoordinates: 51°16′27″N 16°21′54″E / 51.27417°N 16.36500°E
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Legnica County
Seat Prochowice
Sołectwos Cichobórz, Dąbie, Golanka Dolna, Gromadzyń, Kawice, Kwiatkowice, Lisowice, Mierzowice, Motyczyn, Rogów Legnicki, Szczedrzykowice, Szczedrzykowice-Stacja
Area
 • Total 102.62 km2 (39.62 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 7,535
 • Density 73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Website http://www.prochowice.com

Gmina Prochowice is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Prochowice, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north-east of Legnica, and 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The gmina covers an area of 102.62 square kilometres (39.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,535 (out of which the population of Prochowice amounts to 3,702, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,833).

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Prochowice is bordered by the gminas of Kunice, Lubin, Malczyce, Ruja, Ścinawa and Wołów.

Villages

Apart from the town of Prochowice, the gmina contains the villages of Cichobórz, Dąbie, Golanka Dolna, Gromadzyń, Kawice, Kwiatkowice, Lisowice, Mierzowice, Motyczyn, Rogów Legnicki, Szczedrzykowice and Szczedrzykowice-Stacja.

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