Gmina Siewierz

Gmina Siewierz is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Siewierz, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Będzin and 30 km (19 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice.

Gmina Siewierz

Siewierz Commune
Gmina
Coat of arms
Coordinates (Siewierz): 50°28′24″N 19°13′59″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
CountyBędzin
SeatSiewierz
Area
 • Total115.76 km2 (44.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30[1])
 • Total12,460
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
 • Urban
5,581
 • Rural
6,879
Websitehttp://www.siewierz.pl

The gmina covers an area of 115.76 square kilometres (44.7 sq mi), and as of 2019 its total population is 12,460.

Villages

Apart from the town of Siewierz, Gmina Siewierz contains the villages and settlements of Brudzowice, Czekanka, Dzierżawa, Dziewki, Gołuchowice, Hektary, Kuźnica Piaskowa, Kuźnica Podleśna, Kuźnica Warężyńska, Leśniaki, Marcinków, Nowa Wioska, Podwarężyn, Podwarpie, Przedwarężyn, Słowik, Tuliszów, Warężyn, Wojkowice Kościelne, Zawarpie and Żelisławice.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Siewierz is bordered by the towns of Dąbrowa Górnicza, Myszków and Poręba, and by the gminas of Koziegłowy, Łazy, Mierzęcice and Ożarowice.

Twin towns – sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Gmina Siewierz is twinned with:[2]

gollark: - If a foreign country's relations with our own are poor, it should be removed from all maps and not acknowledged by government policy.
gollark: - I think markets are a reasonably good resource allocation system, and to ensure liquidity would support requiring any property someone owns whatsoever to be put up for auction if someone requests it.
gollark: - I believe our country should construct its own god to reduce reliance on foreign imports, and maintain a stock of reality anchors to remove other gods if necessary.
gollark: - I think that consumption, possession, distribution and production of all drugs should be legal everywhere for everyone at all times.- I support an improved tax system, where everyone in the country is directly billed `country's yearly operating expenses / population` each year, to increase fairness.
gollark: - I believe we should end racial discrimination by replacing computer monitors with 1-bit black and white displays so race cannot be distinguished.

References
  1. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial divison in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. "Testvérvárosok". edeleny.hu (in Hungarian). Edelény. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
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