__NOTOC__ Gmina Lipowa is a rural gmina (administrative district) in

Żywiec County __NOTOC__ Żywiec County ( pl, powiat żywiecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Pol ...

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, in southern

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. Its seat is the village of Lipowa, which lies approximately west of

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and south of the regional capital Katowice. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 10,803.

Villages

Gmina Lipowa contains the villages and settlements of

Leśna Leśna (german: Marklissa) is a town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Leśna. As of 2019, the town has a populat ...

, Lipowa, Ostre,

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, Słotwina and Twardorzeczka.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Lipowa is bordered by the towns of Szczyrk,

Wisła Wisła (; german: Weichsel; cs, Visla) is a town in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, with a population of about 11,132 (2019), near the border with Czech Republic. It is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range in t ...

and

, and by the gminas of Buczkowice, Łodygowice and Radziechowy-Wieprz.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Lipowa is twinned with: * Oščadnica, Slovakia * Raková, Slovakia * Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí, Czech Republic

References

{{Żywiec County Lipowa Żywiec County