Gmina Siechnice

Gmina Siechnice Siechnice Commune
Gmina
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Siechnice): 51°2′N 17°9′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.

References

• Polish official population figures 2006