Gmina Brzeszcze
Gmina Brzeszcze | ||
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Lesser Poland | |
Powiat : | Oświęcimski | |
Geographic location : | 50 ° 0 ′ N , 19 ° 9 ′ E | |
Residents : | s. Gmina | |
Postal code : | 32-620 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 32 | |
License plate : | KOS | |
Economy and Transport | ||
Next international airport : | Krakow-Balice | |
Gmina | ||
Gminatype: | Urban-and-rural parish | |
Gmina structure: | 6 localities | |
Surface: | 46.13 km² | |
Residents: | 21,237 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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Population density : | 460 inhabitants / km² | |
Community number ( GUS ): | 1213023 | |
administration | ||
Mayor : | Radoslaw Szot | |
Address: | ul.Koscielna 4 32-620 Brzeszcze |
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Website : | www.brzeszcze.pl |
The Gmina Brzeszcze is an urban-and-rural municipality in the powiat Oświęcimski of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland . Its seat is the city of the same name with around 11,400 inhabitants.
geography
The municipality is located in the west of the powiat and borders on the rural municipality of Oświęcim in the north . The city of Oświęcim (Auschwitz) is seven kilometers away and Katowice about 30 km. Other neighboring communities are Kęty , Miedźna and Wilamowice .
The municipality has an area of 46.13 km², 56 percent of which is used for agriculture and 12 percent for forestry.
history
In 1962 Brzeszcze received town charter. At the beginning of the seventies the population rose to over 10,000. From 1975 to 1998 the municipality was part of the Katowice Voivodeship .
Parish partnership
Since 2008 there has been a community partnership with the Tuscan Londa in Italy .
structure
The town-and-country municipality (gmina miejsko-wiejska) includes the following towns in addition to the town that gives it its name:
Jawiszowice , Przecieszyn , Skidziń , Wilczkowice and Zasole .
Economy and Transport
The economy in the municipality is shaped by the coal mining in Brzeszcze.
The Trzebinia – Zebrzydowice railway and the DW933 and DW949 regional roads run through the town and municipality .
Web links
literature
- Wojciech Janusz (editor): Szkice z przeszłości Brzeszcz, Jawiszowic, Przecieszyna, Skidzinia, Wilczkowic i Zasola . Brzeszcze 2004, ISBN 83-921561-0-2 (Polish).
Individual evidence
- ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
- ↑ regioset.pl (Polish, English)
- ↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish) (PDF; 802 kB)
- ↑ Official website of the municipality of Londa, accessed on January 26, 2010 Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.