Gmina Gilowice (Gilowice)
Gmina Gilowice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Żywiec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Gilowice, which lies approximately 7 km east of Żywiec and 65 km south of the regional capital Katowice. Its only other village having sołectwo status is Rychwałd.
The gmina covers an area of 28.15 km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 6,242.
Gmina Gilowice is bordered by the town of Żywiec and by the gminas of Łękawica, Ślemień and Świnna.
The gmina covers an area of 28.15 km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 6,242.
Gmina Gilowice is bordered by the town of Żywiec and by the gminas of Łękawica, Ślemień and Świnna.
Map - Gmina Gilowice (Gilowice)
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Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden.
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PLN | Polish złoty | zÅ‚ | 2 |
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