Gmina Chocianów

Gmina Chocianów
Chocianów Commune
Gmina

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Coordinates (Chocianów): 51°25′N 15°55′E / 51.417°N 15.917°E / 51.417; 15.917Coordinates: 51°25′N 15°55′E / 51.417°N 15.917°E / 51.417; 15.917
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Polkowice
Seat Chocianów
Area
 • Total 230.27 km2 (88.91 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 12,765
 • Density 55/km2 (140/sq mi)
 • Urban 8,215
 • Rural 4,550
Website http://www.chocianow.pl/

Gmina Chocianów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Polkowice County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Chocianów, which lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Polkowice, and 85 kilometres (53 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The gmina covers an area of 230.27 square kilometres (88.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,765 (of which the population of Chocianów is 8,215, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,550).

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Chocianów is bordered by the gminas of Chojnów, Gromadka, Lubin, Polkowice, Przemków and Radwanice.

Villages

Apart from the town of Chocianów, the gmina contains the villages of Brunów, Chocianowiec, Duninów, Jabłonów, Michałów, Ogrodzisko, Parchów, Pogorzeliska, Raków, Szklary Dolne, Trzebnice, Trzmielów and Żabice.

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