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Gmina Zakliczyn is an urban-rural
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
(administrative district) in
Tarnów County
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Tarnów County () 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 199 ...
,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). Its capital and largest city is Kraków.
The province's name recalls the traditional name of a h ...
, in southern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. Its seat is the town of
Zakliczyn, which lies approximately south-west of
Tarnów
Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east– ...
and east of the regional capital
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,242 (out of which the population of Zakliczyn amounts to 1,556, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 10,686).
The gmina contains part of the
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...
called
Ciężkowice-Rożnów Landscape Park.
Villages
Apart from the town of Zakliczyn, Gmina Zakliczyn contains the villages and settlements of
Bieśnik,
Borowa,
Charzewice,
Dzierżaniny,
Faliszowice,
Faściszowa,
Filipowice,
Gwoździec,
Jamna,
Kończyska,
Lusławice,
Melsztyn,
Olszowa,
Paleśnica
Paleśnica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zakliczyn, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately south of Zakliczyn, south-west of Tarnów, and south-east of the regional c ...
,
Roztoka,
Ruda Kameralna,
Słona,
Stróże,
Wesołów,
Wola Stróska,
Wróblowice,
Zawada Lanckorońska and
Zdonia.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Zakliczyn is bordered by the gminas of
Ciężkowice,
Czchów,
Dębno,
Gródek nad Dunajcem Gródek or Grodek may refer to:
Places
Poland
* Gródek, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)
* Gródek, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland)
* Gródek, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
* Gródek, Hrubieszów C ...
,
Gromnik,
Korzenna,
Pleśna and
Wojnicz.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
{{Tarnów County
Zakliczyn
Tarnów County