Gmina Chrzanów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Chrzanów County (Polish: powiat chrzanowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Chrzanów, which lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the regional capital Kraków. The county contains three other towns: Trzebinia, 8 km (5 mi) north-east of Chrzanów, Libiąż, 8 km (5 mi) south-west of Chrzanów, and Alwernia, 12 km (7 mi) south-east of Chrzanów. The county covers an area of 371.49 square kilometres (143.4 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 124,937, out of which the population of Chrzanów is 36,717, that of Trzebinia is 19,778, that of Libiąż is 17,017, that of Alwernia is 3,368, and the rural population is 40,778.

Chrzanów ([ˈxʂanuf] (listen)) is a town in southern Poland with 35,651 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999) and is the seat of Chrzanów County.

Kraków is an electoral district in Poland for elections to the Sejm, to which it elects eight members to the Sejm.It is located in the south of the country, centred on the city of Chrzanów, on the south-eastern outskirts of the Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia and the south-western outskirts of Kraków: respectively the largest and third-largest metropolitan areas in Poland. It covers five counties in the east of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship: Chrzanów, Myślenice, Oświęcim, Sucha, and Wadowice.

The Jewish cemetery of Chrzanów in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship is located outside the centre.

The Irena and Mieczysław Mazaraki Museum (Polish: Muzeum w Chrzanowie im. Ireny i Mieczysława Mazarakich) is a regional museum in Chrzanów in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It was once the home of Henry Lowenfeld, a 19th-century entrepreneur and migrant into Great Britain.

Balin [ˈbalin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chrzanów, within Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Chrzanów and 41 km (25 mi) west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 3,400.

Pogorzyce [pɔɡɔˈʐɨt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chrzanów, within Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Chrzanów and 38 km (24 mi) west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,400.

Zagórze [zaˈɡuʐɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Babice, within Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north-west of Babice, 7 km (4 mi) south of Chrzanów, and 36 km (22 mi) west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 2,963.

Luszowice [luʂɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chrzanów, within Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Chrzanów and 41 km (25 mi) west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 1,800.

Piła Kościelecka [ˈpiwa kɔɕt͡ɕɛˈlɛt͡ska] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzebinia, within Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Trzebinia, 4 km (2 mi) east of Chrzanów, and 36 km (22 mi) west of the regional capital Kraków.The village has a population of 572.