title: Gmina Bestwina
text: # Gmina Bestwina
  
  Gmina Bestwina is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bestwina, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Bielsko-Biała and 40 km (25 mi) south of the regional capital Katowice.
  
  The gmina covers an area of 37.55 square kilometres (14.5 sq mi), and as of 2019 its total population is 11,816.
  
  ## Villages
  
  Gmina Bestwina contains the villages and settlements of Bestwina, Bestwinka, Janowice and Kaniów.
  
  ## Neighbouring gminas
  
  Gmina Bestwina is bordered by the city of Bielsko-Biała and by the gminas of Czechowice-Dziedzice, Miedźna, Pszczyna and Wilamowice.
  
  