Gmina Buczkowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Buczkowice, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Bielsko-Biała and 59 km (37 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice.
Gmina Buczkowice
Buczkowice Commune | |
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 Coat of arms | |
_-_Buczkowice.png) Gmina Buczkowice within the Bielsko County | |
| Coordinates (Buczkowice): 49°43′41″N 19°4′10″E / 49.72806°N 19.06944°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Bielsko |
| Seat | Buczkowice |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.33 km2 (7.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
• Total | 11,196 |
| • Density | 580/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Website | https://buczkowice.pl/ |
The gmina covers an area of 19.33 square kilometres (7.5 sq mi), and as of 2019 its total population is 11,196.
Villages
editGmina Buczkowice contains the villages and settlements of Buczkowice, Godziszka, Kalna and Rybarzowice.
Neighbouring gminas
editGmina Buczkowice is bordered by the town of Szczyrk and by the gminas of Lipowa, Łodygowice and Wilkowice.
Twin towns – sister cities
editGmina Buczkowice is twinned with:[2]
Dobrá, Czech Republic
References
edit- ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ "Współpraca polsko-czeska". buczkowice.pl (in Polish). Gmina Buczkowice. Retrieved 2020-10-19.