Gmina Świerklany


Gmina Świerklany is a rural gmina in Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Jankowice Rybnickie, which lies approximately south of Rybnik and south-west of the regional capital Katowice. Until 1999 its seat was Świerklany Górne.
The gmina covers an area of, and as of 2019 its total population is 12,445.

Villages

Gmina Świerklany contains the villages and settlements of Jankowice Rybnickie, Michałkowice, Świerklany Dolne and Świerklany Górne.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Świerklany is bordered by the towns of Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Rybnik and Żory, and by the gminas of Marklowice and Mszana.