Gmina Brzeszcze

Gmina Brzeszcze
Brzeszcze Commune
Coordinates (Brzeszcze): 50°0′N 19°9′E / 50.000°N 19.150°E / 50.000; 19.150
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLesser Poland
CountyOświęcim
SeatBrzeszcze
Area
  Total
46.13 km2 (17.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
  Total
21,557
  Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
  Urban
11,730
  Rural
9,827
Websitehttp://www.brzeszcze.pl

Gmina Brzeszcze is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Brzeszcze, which lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Oświęcim and 57 km (35 mi) west of the regional capital Kraków.

The gmina covers an area of 46.13 square kilometres (17.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 21,557, of which the population of Brzeszcze is 11,730, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 9,827.