Gmina Biskupice

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Gmina Biskupice

| other_name = Biskupice Commune

| settlement_type = Gmina

| total_type = Total

| image_flag =

| image_shield =POL gmina Biskupice COA.svg

| image_map =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Lesser Poland

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Wieliczka

| coor_pinpoint = Tomaszkowice

| coordinates = {{coord|49|57|45|N|20|8|32|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}}

| area_total_km2 = 41.0

| population_total = 8672

| population_as_of = 2006

| population_density_km2 = auto

| seat = Tomaszkowice

| website = http://www.biskupice.pl/ }}

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Gmina Biskupice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It takes its name from the village of Biskupice, but its seat is the village of Tomaszkowice, which lies approximately {{convert|7|km|mi|0}} south-east of Wieliczka and {{convert|19|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of the regional capital Kraków.

The gmina covers an area of {{convert|41.0|km2|sqmi|1}}, and as of 2006 its total population is 8,672.

File:Widok na Beskidy Gmina Biskupice.jpg

File:Kościół w bodzanowie.JPG

Villages

Gmina Biskupice contains the villages and settlements of Biskupice, Bodzanów, Jawczyce, Łazany, Przebieczany, Sławkowice, Sułów, Szczygłów, Tomaszkowice, Trąbki, Zabłocie and Zborówek.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Biskupice is bordered by the gminas of Niepołomice and Wieliczka.

Tourist attractions

  • St. Peter and Paul church in the Bodzanów
  • Church in the Biskupice
  • Palace in Łazany

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080505094648/http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]


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{{Wieliczka County}}

Biskupice

Category:Wieliczka County