Gmina Wilkowice

Gmina Wilkowice
Wilkowice Commune
Gmina

Coat of arms

Gmina Wilkowice within the Bielsko County
Coordinates (Wilkowice): 49°45′48″N 19°5′26″E / 49.76333°N 19.09056°ECoordinates: 49°45′48″N 19°5′26″E / 49.76333°N 19.09056°E
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Bielsko County
Seat Wilkowice
Area
  Total 33.9 km2 (13.1 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Total 12,329
  Density 360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Website http://www.wilkowice.pl

Gmina Wilkowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Wilkowice, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Bielsko-Biała and 55 km (34 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice. The gmina also contains the villages of Bystra and Meszna.

The gmina covers an area of 33.9 square kilometres (13.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,329.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Wilkowice is bordered by the towns of Bielsko-Biała and Szczyrk, and by the gminas of Buczkowice, Czernichów, Kozy and Łodygowice.

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