Gmina Ciężkowice
Gmina Ciężkowice is an urban-rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Ciężkowice, which lies approximately south of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków.
The gmina covers an area of, and as of 2006 its total population is 11,050.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Ciężkowice-Rożnów Landscape Park.Villages
Apart from the town of Ciężkowice, Gmina Ciężkowice contains the villages and settlements of Bogoniowice, Bruśnik, Falkowa, Jastrzębia, Kąśna Dolna, Kąśna Górna, Kipszna, Ostrusza, Pławna, Siekierczyna, Tursko and Zborowice.Gmina Ciężkowice is bordered by the gminas of Bobowa, Gromnik, Korzenna, Moszczenica, Rzepiennik Strzyżewski and Zakliczyn.