Gmina Chełmek

Gmina Chełmek
	Gmina Chełmek
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Lesser Poland
Powiat :	Oświęcimski
Geographic location :	50 ° 6 ′  N , 19 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 19 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E
Residents :	s. Gmina
Postal code :	32-660
Telephone code :	(+48) 33
License plate :	KOS
Economy and Transport
Street :	Tychy - Krakow
Rail route :	Trzebinia - Czechowice-Dziedzice
Next international airport :	Katowice
	Krakow-Balice
Gmina
Gminatype:	Urban-and-rural parish
Surface:	27.24 km²
Residents:	13,022 (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density :	478 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ):	1213033
Administration (as of 2007)
Mayor :	Andrzej Saternus
Address:	ul. Krakowska 11 32-580 Chełmek
Website :	www.chelmek.pl

The Gmina Chełmek [ ˈxɛu̯mɛk ] 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 about 9100 inhabitants.

geography

Map of the municipality

Katowice is about 20 kilometers northwest and Krakow about 50 kilometers east of the municipal boundaries. Neighboring communities are Bieruń, Chełm Śląski, Imielin, Jaworzno, Libiąż, the city and the rural community of Oświęcim (Auschwitz) .

history

In 1969 Chełmek received town charter . From 1975 to 1998 the municipality belonged to the newly formed Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship .

The city entered into a partnership with Leinefelde , a district of the city of Leinefelde-Worbis in Thuringia , Germany.

structure

The town-and-country community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) includes the town of Chełmek, the villages of Bobrek and Gorzów with a school administration office . Another place in the municipality is the Nowopole forest settlement.

traffic

The city is located on the DW780 voivodship road, which joins the DK44 national road from Oświęcim to Tychy . In the east, the DW780 ends in Krakow . The Autostrada A4 runs two kilometers north of the municipal boundaries. Katowice and Krakow-Balice international airports can also be reached via these roads .

The city lies on the railway line from Trzebinia via Oświęcim to Czechowice-Dziedzice .

Web links

Commons : Gmina Chełmek  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 .